My Wife Doesn't Prioritize Our Kids

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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With two little kids and a baby on the way, Logan wishes his wife would put as much energy into their family as she's putting into her new business. 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	Logan, welcome to the program. Hello. Hello. How can I help?
0:17.5	So, Dr. Laura, I'm calling today, and I debated calling for several weeks now. So, Dr. Laura, I'm calling today, and I debated calling for several weeks now.
0:24.5	So the problem I'm having is me and my wife have been together.
0:28.6	I'm 30.
0:29.8	My wife's 28.
0:31.2	We have been together since we were 15 and 17.
0:35.4	She got pregnant at 15, and life just kind of liked and I took responsibility and
0:42.7	I've been with her ever since. Now we have another child and another on the way. So we'll be
0:47.7	having three kids soon. And the reason I'm calling there is I was hoping you could help me with, we have a problem communicating.
0:57.1	I don't know what that means. Give me an example of how you have trouble communicating with her
1:03.7	or she with you. Give me an example, because I don't know what that means. So yesterday,
1:10.0	I'll give you the whole scenario my wife owns her own business
1:13.8	just started a new career um my kids are homeschooled so we always are having to find babysitters or work
1:20.3	around our schedule yesterday that just didn't happen so um she was going to take the kids to my
1:26.3	sister's work she also owns her own business.
1:29.0	And I just wasn't okay with that.
1:30.8	It's like, you know, if you're going to send the kids to my sisters to work, we can figure it out ourselves instead.
1:36.7	So I approached her like that.
1:38.6	And she just gets very defensive every time.
1:42.6	Okay, that's not a problem with communication okay I and
1:48.9	explain to me how one human being I'm good I can do a lot of things within one day or one week
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