Should Children Feel Guilt For What They Did As Children?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:24.9	Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com. I, uh, talking about guilt. When were you
0:33.7	talking about guilt? Probably everybody likes to talk about. I feel so guilty that I don't want to give them a present.
0:38.7	I feel so guilty that I don't want to go to the store.
0:41.5	I feel so guilty that I wasn't nice.
0:44.2	That you should feel guilty for it.
0:46.0	So we talk a lot about, is it guilt or is it sad?
0:48.9	But anyway, should children feel guilty for things they did or didn't do when they were children?
0:57.0	Hmm.
0:58.2	Got this email today, and I want to read it to you because it is so perfect a way to start the program.
1:04.3	There is no topic of the day.
1:06.8	There's just whatever you have a need to talk about.
1:10.0	But I read your piece on building a bully-proof society today with great interest.
1:17.2	I wish I had this before I was in the seventh grade.
1:21.1	It might have helped me do the right thing.
1:25.2	When I was in the seventh grade, there was a boy named David. He was bullied
1:30.3	mercilessly by the other kids. Once I even witnessed our science teacher, be extremely mean to him,
1:38.2	which was very disturbing. I felt sorry for David and tried to be as nice to him as I could.
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