My Son Is So off Track It Scares Me

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Nicole is disturbed by the things her 16-year-old son does to cope with his anxiety. 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	Nicole, welcome to the program.
0:14.1	Hello.
0:14.7	Hi, Dr. Lara.
0:16.3	Thank you so much for taking my call.
0:18.7	You're very welcome.
0:20.1	How can I help?
0:21.6	Okay. Well, I help? Okay.
0:22.6	Well, I'm a third time caller, and I'm so grateful for your wisdom, and I really need
0:27.6	your help today.
0:29.6	Okay.
0:30.6	So, I'm a 46-year-old single mom.
0:34.6	My daughter is 14.
0:35.6	Is that divorced, widowed, or never married? D divorced from their dad
0:40.9	for 11 years. Okay. Is dad in his life? Her life. He is. He is. And the dad is in his life.
0:51.8	I have got a daughter who's 14 and I'm calling about my son who's almost 16. His dad is in his life. I have got a daughter who's 14 and I'm calling about my son who's almost 16.
0:56.5	His dad is in his life.
0:59.0	We recently came up in the last probably three years with a new parenting plan
1:04.4	where my son requested closer to week on, week off,
1:09.2	which he's actually eight days here and seven days over there.
1:19.6	Yeah. And?
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