My Mom Says I'm Abusing My Child

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🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Jordan's mother has always been critical of her, but calling her abusive of her child is a bridge too far. 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 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	Jordan, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi. I have been listening to you. I've been listening to you with, actually, in my mom's car everywhere
0:21.8	we went when I was a little girl, and I'm now 40 years old.
0:26.0	Wow. Thank you. Calling you about my mom.
0:28.7	All right. I am a stay-at-home mom to two boys that are five and eight. My relationship with my mom over the last
0:43.3	10 years, my dad passed away 10 years ago. She changed a lot, which is understandably so. She is
0:51.1	in a relationship now and happy. She was always critical, always even growing up critical, but she scrutinizes my parenting.
1:01.0	And a lot of it I can say, you know, well, I'll just hang up the phone.
1:06.0	I won't listen to it.
1:07.0	Shut up, goodbye, like, and we'll get over it.
1:10.0	But my older son has had a lot of
1:14.8	health issues, and most of my days and time for the last year has been taking him to doctors
1:20.3	and trying to figure it out. He has celiac. Yeah, he has celiac disease, which has been hard,
1:26.8	but we thought that was the reason he wasn't growing or gaining weight.
1:29.9	And now it looks like there's some other underlying issues.
1:33.3	And we fight every day.
1:35.1	But he's very open about his celiac disease.
1:37.4	He talks to his class about it.
1:39.0	And he's overall a confident child.
1:42.1	Oh, good.
1:42.9	The day before Thanksgiving, yes, but we are, you know, I struggle, obviously,
1:48.7	as my child and my heart breaks.
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