My Teen Isn't Living Up to His Potential

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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My Teen Isn't Living Up to His Potential - Leslie punished her 16-year-old for covering up his poor school work even though he's distracted and suffering because of his father's cancer diagnosis. - Dr. Laura: "The two of you need to work as a team to get through this difficult situation." - Have you ever been too hard on your child? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To 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. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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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 serious XM.
0:10.0	I'm 1-11.
0:11.0	Hi, Zlee. Welcome to the program.
0:13.0	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:15.0	Hi.
0:16.0	I'm so honored to talk to you.
0:18.0	Thank you so much for taking my call.
0:21.0	Thank you.
0:23.0	What's up?
0:25.0	Well, I have a 16 year old son. He's, he's in his sophomore year and he has, I gave him a punishment, I guess, or I disciplined him by not allowing him.
0:46.0	I told him.
0:47.0	Okay, can you tell me first before I know what the discipline is? Can you tell me what happened that you felt a need for consequences or discipline?
0:57.0	Well, he wasn't honest with us.
1:01.0	Both me and my husband regarding his schoolwork. He's, he's been struggling in school.
1:12.0	And why not and why he has a lot on his plate. His dad has cancer.
1:28.0	And my husband is struggling right now. His health is kind of declining. He's struggling right now, presently.
1:45.0	Let me understand so far your husband, his dad is dying and his attention is not on his schoolwork and you're going to punish that. Are you kidding me?
1:51.0	You must be kidding me. You can't control the cancer, but you're going to try to control your son so you can feel in control of something.
2:08.0	Someone has been tried.
2:11.0	You're suffering, sweetheart. That's what this is coming from. You are suffering. You're scared, you're upset, you're overwhelmed.
2:21.0	You found something you thought you could control.
2:26.0	You're not a bad person, a bad mother, a bad wife. You're just a person suffering.
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