Refresher: Kelly is disappointed in her son for his selfish behavior...

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; Kelly's family felt second fiddle to his son's girlfriend at his graduation. What should Kelly do about it? 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.
0:04.7	And remember, you two can participate on my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:16.7	Kelly, welcome to the program.
0:19.0	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call.
0:21.5	Thank you.
0:22.5	What's up?
0:23.6	I am a proud mom of a U.S. Marine who just completed boot camp last month at Parris Island.
0:30.0	Ura.
0:32.2	Absolutely.
0:33.9	I got some of the sweetest letters that I always hoped to receive from my son during that time.
0:40.3	It's very stressful to them. It's the only way of communicating.
0:44.3	Just how much he loved and missed us and valued his family and wished he had treated us differently and been differently.
0:53.3	And so I had great expectations when we
0:56.7	drove 10 11 hours to go down for his graduation and it was a wonderful ceremony
1:02.2	but I was quite disappointed with the aftermath and I just wanted to ask you
1:07.2	what what was the aftermath?
1:12.9	He wanted me to bring his girlfriend and his best friend, which I did.
1:16.0	And I think that
1:17.8	being his stepfather and his father
1:20.0	and his siblings were pretty ignored.
1:24.6	And the focus went towards
1:26.4	the girlfriend and the best friend.
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