My Daughter Always Makes Bad Decisions

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:13.9	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com.
0:23.4	Chris, welcome to the program.
0:25.9	Hi, it's nice to be talking with you, Dr. Laura.
0:28.3	Thank you.
0:29.4	What's up?
0:31.1	Well, I'm wondering, I have an adult daughter.
0:33.2	I have three kids.
0:34.3	She's 29.
0:35.8	And I'm wondering how much I should be helping her. I'm sorry. You have three kids or she has three kids. She's 29. And I'm wondering how much I should be helping her.
0:38.6	I'm sorry. You have three kids or she has three kids? I do. I have three kids. She's the middle.
0:45.9	And she is how old again?
0:48.7	29.
0:50.6	And what's she doing with her life?
0:54.5	Nothing good.
0:55.7	She always makes bad decisions, and we always have in the past.
1:00.6	Leave out the nothing good and just put,
1:04.6	she's doing things with her life, not things I agree with,
1:07.5	not things that are healthy, but she is doing things.
1:12.6	So not she's doing nothing, of course she's doing stuff that you don't like.
1:17.5	I probably wouldn't blame you.
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