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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; Cynthia and her husband do not agree on the proper way to parent their kids, and it's damaging their relationship. 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	Time now for a refresher from my Dr. Laura Call of the Day archives. Remember, you can hear my
0:06.2	live radio program weekdays 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph, 111.
0:16.3	Cynthia, welcome to the program.
0:18.9	So thank you for taking my call. I am calling because I had been married for 22 years to the same man. We have two children, nine and ten years old, really good kids. We separated in 2018 due to alcohol issues, alcohol abuse issues.
0:39.3	He went through therapy.
0:41.2	I went through therapy.
0:42.8	We lived apart for a year and a half almost two years and then the pandemic hit.
0:47.8	And so when the pandemic hit, I'm a nurse.
0:50.8	I worked a lot.
0:52.0	I had a big focus on that for obviously a long time.
0:56.1	So he moved back in, and we kind of live side by side for a good amount of time.
1:02.5	And then the now that the pandemic is not as bad the past year or so or half a year,
1:09.9	I find that we are fighting and arguing over parental things.
1:16.1	Like what?
1:18.2	Oh, gosh.
1:20.6	So kids have iPads.
1:22.7	I want to restrict their time.
1:24.1	He doesn't see a need in it.
1:26.7	Kids have iPhones. They're not connected to cellular, but they have iPhones. I want to restrict
1:31.3	any electronic devices to eliminate each day. He doesn't see a need in it and fights me on it.
1:38.5	Why does he think it's good for little kids to be able to get on the net?
1:43.1	Sounds a little stupid coming from an adult.
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