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My Daughter is on Drugs

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

My Daughter is on Drugs - Teresa discovered drug paraphernalia in her daughter's room, and she'd like Dr. Laura's help with how to confront her before she leaves for college. - Dr. Laura: "Regular drug testing is the price she has to pay if she wants your financial support." - How would you handle your child if you discovered drugs in their room? Email me your thoughts at: [email protected] | 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 to resa. Welcome to the program.

0:15.0

Hi Dr. Laura. Hi.

0:18.0

Hi. So the reason I'm calling you today is I have an 18 year old daughter who is going to college in two or three weeks and I discovered when I was cutting up a room, a bag that had

0:36.0

a lot of things. I thought in it along with different pair of cameoia to go along with it. So I got took it and hit it in my closet and then I started thinking why would you why would you do that?

0:51.0

I didn't know how to handle it. I didn't know what to say to her. So I took it.

0:55.0

Ma'am, ma'am you're a grown person and a parent. You say parenting things. You don't run away from it because you don't want to know it. What you do is when she walks in her room, hold this up and say, so how long have you been on drugs?

1:13.0

Okay.

1:15.0

Why are you running away from it? What are you scared of and answer the question? Don't tell me I don't know answer the question. What were you so scared of?

1:25.0

I am afraid of saying the wrong thing to her. I'm afraid that let's try again. Let's try again. In this time, make believe you're the parent.

1:35.0

Okay. Let's make believe you the parent this time because that answer does not come from a parent. So let's try it again.

1:44.0

What were you so afraid of?

1:47.0

I think for me it wasn't afraid to confront her.

1:52.0

Of course it was. Of course it was. I was afraid to confront her because I just personally don't like confrontation.

1:59.0

Oh my god. You think that's a compliment to you? I want to avoid realities in life even as a parent because I don't like the feeling.

2:11.0

That's what you just told me.

2:14.0

Right. So I thought I would think about it on what I was going to say. I didn't want to do anything for you.

2:22.0

How about you're using drugs and you're going off to college and I'm not really interested in paying for college for somebody who's doing drugs?

2:32.0

So if I'm going to be testing you when you never know it to make sure you're not using drugs and the first time you come up positive, you're out of school.

2:43.0

You figure out your adult life on your own, but I'm not going to support drug use not happening.

2:52.0

Does that sound like a parent?

2:56.0

Yes. It sounds like a parent. Will she get mad?

3:03.0

Yes, of course.

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