My Tween Has a Girlfriend

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🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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My Tween Has a Girlfriend - Elizabeth wants to know if she should be concerned about her 11-year-old son holding hands with a girl he has a crush on. - Dr. Laura: "This is the time for mom to relax and dad to have a talk with his son." | 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 two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 111.
0:11.0	Elizabeth, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hello, Dr. Laura.
0:16.0	Hi.
0:17.0	What's up?
0:18.0	So, um, I will get I will ask my question first. I want to know if I should.
0:26.0	Bring this up to my son. He is 11 years old and in sixth grade.
0:31.0	And yesterday when my husband picked him up from school, we also pick up one of the little neighbor kids, a little girl that he has a crush on.
0:40.0	And they were in the back seat and when my husband got home, he told me that they were holding hands.
0:48.0	And I don't know if I should say anything or not say anything.
0:56.0	I'm not really sure they weren't hiding somewhere getting it on.
1:00.0	They were in the back seat getting driven by a parent holding hands.
1:04.0	Loosen up woman.
1:08.0	I know it's just the first time I've, you know, dealt with anything.
1:13.0	You know, it's always your baby boy. Oh my God.
1:18.0	You're not the only woman in his life.
1:22.0	That's okay. I just don't want to be a helicopter mom. I'm like, you know, so I didn't say anything.
1:29.0	You know, I didn't know if we should be like, oh, he'll put an apparent for now on or whatever.
1:36.0	What do you afraid of?
1:41.0	I guess I'm just, you know, want to make sure that I'm like I said, I don't want to overset.
1:46.0	I want to let him be a kid.
1:49.0	What are you afraid of?
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