My Dad Doesn't Love Me as Much as My Mom Does

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🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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My Dad Doesn't Love Me as Much as My Mom Does - Austin's parents are divorced, and his dad doesn't always show up for his visits, leaving Austin feeling unloved. - Dr. Laura: "Our feelings aren't always the truth." | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious XM triumph 11.
0:11.0	Mom and Austin welcome to the program. Hi Austin.
0:16.0	So my mom is 41 years old and my father is 11 and I feel like my dad doesn't love me as much as my mom does.
0:34.0	Are your mom and dad married to each other? No, they broke up.
0:42.0	And how often do you see your dad?
0:47.0	Every well.
0:50.0	Saturday and then Sunday and then Tuesday and then after that week Tuesday and then after that week, Saturday and Sunday, but most of the time he doesn't get us.
1:04.0	And I feel like he doesn't love me and Jacob.
1:10.0	Okay. So if I understood properly, you feel that dad doesn't love you a lot because he doesn't always show up.
1:25.0	Did I get that right? No.
1:29.0	Yeah.
1:30.0	Yeah. Okay.
1:36.0	Let me explain something. I'm sorry. Go ahead.
1:41.0	I feel like when he doesn't show up, he doesn't want me at his house or doesn't want me to dinner with him on Tuesdays.
1:57.0	Okay.
1:59.0	I'm going to do my best here Austin to be helpful. Okay.
2:07.0	What is a feeling? Is it feeling real?
2:14.0	No.
2:17.0	A feeling isn't real. It's just how we're responding to something.
2:23.0	Be like if I walked into the room and let's just say something was wrong with the muscles in my face. Let's make believe something is wrong. God forbid.
2:32.0	With the muscles in my face and I don't smile.
2:36.0	It would be easy for you to think, oh, I feel like she doesn't like me. Right? It would be easy to feel that way, wouldn't it?
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