Seeking Affirmation

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
0:04.2	Brought to you by Golden Crest Metals, a new sponsor I want to welcome to my program.
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0:15.3	Learn more at goldencrestmedals.com slash protect.
0:19.9	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at
0:27.9	Dr. Laura.com.
0:29.4	I want to talk about what you need and how that may inappropriately cause you to parent yourself as a child instead of the kid you actually have.
0:45.8	You need to be the parent your kids need, not the one you wish you had.
0:54.1	So there was an interesting article.
0:56.6	Where was this?
0:59.0	Where was the article?
1:00.6	Okay.
1:02.3	Essence.com lifestyle.
1:06.2	Childhood trauma.
1:08.6	And it's written by Umbria Meadows Fernandez. Oh, is that for a dramatic name? All right. Schlesinger.
1:18.0	All right. It starts out with this quote. I don't like it when you compliment me all the time.
1:25.1	My then four-year-old daughter told me in response to my consistent
1:28.9	affirmations of her hair and the mother was taken aback. When she was a kid, she was desperate for
1:43.5	somebody to tell her she was beautiful, more than anything.
1:46.6	That's what she wanted.
1:48.5	I couldn't comprehend, she writes, why my daughter would refuse reminders and affirmations of her beauty.
1:56.8	How superficial can you teach your kids to be?
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