Should I Take Care Of My Dad?

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🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Should I Take Care Of My Dad?: Marissa is frustrated and stuck in a hopeless dream, because she believes that if she cares for her father’s well-being, things will change. "You’re desperate for your Daddy to love you." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://family.drlaura.com/pg/jsp/help/general/privacypolicy.jsp for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.
0:03.8	Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.
0:09.8	Marissa, welcome to the program.
0:12.2	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thanks for taking my call.
0:14.9	You're welcome. What's up?
0:16.8	I have listened to you forever. Okay, so I need to know my question is,
0:20.7	how do I take care of an aging parent who has not always been the best parent?
0:28.0	I don't think anybody would say that their parent has always been the best parent.
0:33.0	So I'm not sure why that's relative. Okay, so I'll give you a little bit more detail.
0:37.0	My father and I have had a very hectic relationship.
0:41.0	Can you tell me the circumstances of your life because I don't know what you mean by taking care of it?
0:46.0	You mean you would be full-time nursing care?
0:49.0	Oh, no. He recently had back surgery and his new wife.
0:55.0	He was recently married about two or three weeks ago.
0:58.0	He's kind of ordering me around telling me you need to be here with me.
1:02.0	Well, since he's got a wife there, why are you bothering either one of them?
1:07.0	Exactly. And I have a one-year-old son at home.
1:10.0	I have a wife.
1:12.0	Marissa, are you going to answer one question with information or are we just going to play ping-pong here?
1:18.0	Oh, no. I will not play ping-pong.
1:20.0	You know why he has a wife? Why you are over there bothering either one of them?
1:26.0	You don't need to be care-taking. He's got a wife.
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