My Daughter's Dad Is in Jail

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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What can Lisa say to her daughter who yearns for a relationship with her incarcerated father? 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 Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Lisa, welcome to the program. Hello. How are you? Hi. Good. Good. What can I help you?
0:20.6	So I am 59 years old. I am a single mom divorced, and I have a 19-year-old
0:28.4	daughter, and we just found out about six months ago that her dad has been incarcerated for the use of drug.
0:41.2	And I know that there's nothing that I can do to fix it, but I'm wondering emotionally
0:48.7	what the best route would be for me to try to help her right now.
0:53.5	She's struggling with what? root would be for me to try to help her right now. Why do you think you have to do something?
0:55.7	Why? She's struggling with what? Embarrassment, anger. What is she struggling with?
1:01.6	Give me her words. Give me her words. Give me her words. Give me her words, not your guess.
1:09.2	Her words are, why doesn't my dad call me from jail? Why hasn't my dad talked to me
1:16.7	for my entire life? Why is my dad the blank hold? I have the answers. Okay. The answer, why has this guy never talked to me my whole life? You say, because I, your mother, made a really dumb choice in a man.
1:36.6	That's the answer.
1:51.9	Okay. It's the truth. Okay. It's the truth. And you have to tell her the truth. It's not your fault. It's not because you're not lovable. It's because I made a mistake. You hired and married a horrible guy.
1:58.5	I made an atrocious mistake, and I apologize.
2:02.0	And the reason he's not calling you from prison
2:04.0	is because he's an ass.
2:06.6	There's nothing to be gained for him by calling you.
2:10.9	He's not getting asked her cookies.
2:14.3	That's it.
2:15.0	I married a jerk, and I'm sorry. sorry it was a terrible decision I don't know how I can
2:22.1	make it up to you except be here as your mother and apologize that I put a jerk in your
2:30.4	life sorry that will help her immensely. Well, I was looking more, I guess,
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