My Mom is Too Needy

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Allie’s 13-year-old daughter complains that her mom is emotionally clingy and constantly needs to be hugged and touched. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:43.0	Mom and Ali, welcome to the program.
0:46.4	Hi, Dr Laura.
0:48.0	Hi, Ali, how old are you?
0:51.4	14. And what grade does that put you in? I'm going into ninth. Ninth grade, okay. What can I do for you? My mom only wants to hug me and cuddle with me and I don't like, I don't like whatever she does that and I try to tell her that I don't like
1:14.5	whatever she does that and I only like like quality time and I don't want to be
1:20.0	touched all the time and she won't listen to me.
1:25.6	When you say all the time, give me a sense of what that is during a day. She'll come in my room at least once a day and or like go on my bed and try to cuddle me and then tell me, oh, I know you want cuddles and all that and like you stop like lay on top of me
1:51.6	lay on top of you.
1:55.0	Sometimes, not exactly.
2:00.0	Okay, are you getting, mom, are you getting cuddles and hugs from dad?
2:05.0	There is no dad. I've been alone, doing this alone for 10 years.
2:09.0	Okay, but your daughter cannot be a substitute.
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