My Kids Don't Like Their Dad

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Karen's adult children don't like being around their mean and punitive father, which makes it hard for Karen to spend time with her girls. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - 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.

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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 two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM.
0:10.0	Try and 11 Karen. Welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Thank you for taking my call. I was calling because I went. I'm very picking with my daughter yesterday and my husband was upset because recently my daughter did not come to visit where my birthday or from other day and she also didn't come for fathers say she did call and talk to both of us.
0:39.0	She didn't come where does she live with respect to you?
0:43.0	About an hour and 15 minutes away from us.
0:47.0	And knowing your daughter and the relationship you have with your daughter and such.
0:53.0	Why would she? I mean most young people feel obligated even if they don't want to. They just sort of do it out of obligation.
1:01.0	So what do you understand about your daughter that she didn't even do it out of obligation?
1:06.0	Why?
1:09.0	My husband recently and I met with our daughter and well two of our daughters and this one particular daughter that we're talking about.
1:22.0	She does photography as a side job and she wanted to take pictures of us with our grandchildren. So we all met and
1:33.0	we were talking about her.
1:36.0	My husband was not really kind to her. He was upset with her.
1:42.0	What was he upset with her about that he would not be kind at a family photography situation?
1:48.0	I think she felt like she had then rather cheap when the two of them had gone out.
1:58.0	My daughter had picked him up one time and they had gone to the mall.
2:03.0	Forget about that. Tell me about your husband.
2:07.0	I mean I'm getting a bad feeling.
2:17.0	I'm getting a bad feeling about him. Why am I doing that?
2:24.0	He would, I think hold on. He would instead of talking about what's bothering him with somebody, he will get them the silent treatment.
2:42.0	He will be mean. He will be punitive.
2:45.0	But he maintains the power by punishing.
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