Should I Accept My Mother-In-Law's Apology?

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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After years of feeling undermined, criticized, and emotionally attacked by her mother-in-law—especially when it comes to parenting—what happens when Victoria is suddenly offered an apology? Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:26.3	Dr. Laura.com. Victoria, welcome to the program. Hi, good morning, Dr. Laura. How are you? Good, Victoria.
0:34.9	Thank you for asking. How can I help?
0:44.6	Well, I've heard you talk a lot about mother-in-law situations, and so I was wondering if you could help me with this long, ongoing situation with mine.
0:50.8	How long is ongoing?
0:54.5	Oh, okay.
0:55.4	Well, I've been married 30 plus years, and it pretty much started once I started having kids before that.
1:04.0	Relationship was fine, so I thought.
1:07.6	And once we started having kids, it slowly started undermining my parenting and her having to be the center of
1:17.7	attention so I have four kids 22 20 18 and 16.
1:30.3	Well, what's done is done.
1:31.9	So how can I help you today?
1:33.9	Yes.
1:34.4	Okay.
1:38.9	Last situation that we've had, because we usually have blowups,
1:49.2	any time I ask her to respectfully honor how I'm raising my kids or a situation that I might be handling where she puts her opinion.
1:52.6	This is decades.
1:53.7	We're talking decades after you've permitted this to continue.
1:57.2	What do you expect that we're going to change now?
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