My Daughter Doesn't Confide in Me

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

When Kristen's daughter has a problem, she confides in her best friend's parents instead of her own. What, if anything, should Kristen to do about this lack of connection with her child? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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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
0:06.3	Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Kristen, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, thank you for taking my call. I'm very welcome. I'll try to be brief, brief, but get all the facts to you.
0:22.4	So my daughter's 18 and she has a boyfriend and while I wasn't thrilled with that idea,
0:29.1	it was making her happy and I think boosting her self-esteem a little, so that was great.
0:34.1	They don't live in the same town, so they don't see each other that often.
0:38.7	But I recently found out from her best friend's mom, who she confides in, that he knows her
0:47.9	location and questions where she's been.
0:51.1	Kristen? Kristen? Kristen? Yes.
0:55.5	This is an unpleasant question.
0:59.0	Yeah.
0:59.7	What happened to the relationship with you that she confides in somebody else's mother?
1:06.3	She doesn't like to, she thinks I'm very judgmental and that I've been working on.
1:15.9	She just wants to please us so much that she is afraid, I think, to conscide.
1:22.6	Well, that's the next discussion you have with her.
1:26.5	You've got to breach that and say, I know you spend a lot of time talking to Mary
1:31.0	and that you have some feelings about letting us know the truth, but this is not helping you.
1:37.8	We love you in a way nobody else does because we're your mommy and daddy.
1:42.9	Right.
1:43.6	Other people can care about you and someday your husband will love you and so all your kids,
1:47.2	but right now, we love you.
1:50.6	We brought you into this world.
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