My Kids Are My Life

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Even though her kids are grown and out of her house, Jenn still feels like being a mom is the only real purpose in her life. Searching for advice? 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 downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111. Jen, welcome to the program.
0:15.5	Hi, Dr. Laura. Good afternoon. Great to speak to you as always. It's not my first time. Um,
0:23.7	so today I'm calling because I need to learn how to detach myself for my grown children.
0:34.1	And I'm really having a hard time because it's only been us four.
0:41.9	Their dads haven't been involved.
0:44.4	I never had anybody around them as they were growing up.
0:50.5	I always wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.
0:53.1	So I opened up a daycare. I owned a daycare for 12 years.
0:58.1	That way I could be a stay-at-home mom. And since it's always been just us, now one is 28,
1:06.6	married with kids. One is 26 and one is 21.
1:11.9	And there's still my life.
1:14.4	I just, I don't know how to not be accessible for them all the time.
1:20.7	And I, I just really need help with that.
1:28.8	Like I don't have a life.
1:30.6	They're my life.
1:32.5	What would be your life instead?
1:40.3	I don't know what that means yet.
1:42.2	So tell me what that means.
1:47.2	I don't know what that means yet. So tell me what that means. I don't know either.
1:49.0	I'm at this point where I don't know I'm not married.
1:55.4	I am dating, which is a complete joke.
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