My Son is Failing

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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All play and no work is the theme of Kim's son's freshman year in college. 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.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Kim, welcome to the program.
0:13.7	Thank you. Glad to be here.
0:16.3	Thank you. How can I help?
0:18.7	Let's see. Our 18-year-old son started college about three weeks ago,
0:26.7	actually about two weeks ago. And just last week, I was getting on his college account
0:33.4	because I'm getting ready to pay for tuition and happened to big into the area where his schoolwork is
0:41.9	and noticed that not one single thing was done so far.
0:48.5	And so...
0:49.1	And before you go on, what conclusion based on you knowing him for years at least 18?
0:59.2	Yes.
1:00.5	Based on your knowledge of him and your experiences with him, when you saw that, what
1:08.0	conclusion did you immediately draw that you didn't wish to draw but what conclusion did you draw
1:13.8	um well he's he's in a large party school and he has been partying no. What conclusion did you draw about him?
1:30.9	Betty doesn't want to be there.
1:33.3	Correct.
1:34.4	So why did you support sending him there?
1:38.5	As opposed to the workforce, the military.
1:45.3	Because he's not ready.
1:47.7	He's not ready.
1:48.5	We didn't flip him.
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