Refresher: My Daughter Is Too Dependent on Me

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; Cori shares one of her most embarrassing experiences and how it turned out to help her in ways she did not expect. 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.
0:04.6	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.
0:16.9	Michael, welcome to the program.
0:20.6	Hi. Hi. I the program. Hi.
0:22.3	Hi.
0:22.9	I was calling.
0:24.7	Yes, I was calling because I had a question about my, the right balance of time with my daughter.
0:46.1	She's 26 and married, and I get a lot of text messages daily from her,
0:48.5	and phone calls.
0:50.6	And usually not... Why? What's wrong? What's wrong with your daughter?
0:56.0	I think she's kind of needy right now.
1:00.6	Stuff going on with her husband and family stuff there.
1:08.1	How does she resolve the stuff with her husband by texting and calling you frequently during the day?
1:15.2	She doesn't resolve anything.
1:18.5	Well, then maybe responding to all of that is not the best thing for her.
1:24.7	If you're not helping her, then you're hurting her.
1:28.1	Because instead of venting and having you poor baby her,
1:32.9	she could go to a counselor, a minister,
1:35.0	and deal with whatever the problems are.
1:40.6	She, I was trying to figure out if I had any obligation to help her at all in any way
1:48.8	yes you help her by telling her I can't help you by talking to you so many times in a day
1:54.4	you've got to get help you've got to get professional help if she broke her leg
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