The Past is Coming Back to Haunt Us

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Leslie's daughter feels she was neglected as a teen and is no longer speaking to her parents because of it. 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	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Leslie, welcome to the program.
0:13.5	All right.
0:13.9	Thank you, Dr. Laura, for taking my call.
0:15.7	My name is Leslie.
0:16.6	I'm 54 and I'm calling.
0:18.9	I'm married and we have a daughter and she is 23 and she is married and she does not
0:28.0	want to be in our lives right now. Wow. And when did I not want to be in your lives right now? Start.
0:35.4	It started in August. So it's been a few months now. Well, what happened in May, June, and July?
0:45.9	She, it actually, it started last fall, but it's really been going on since she was 18 when she left the house and she went off
0:56.2	the school and she said she didn't like the way that her father treated her and that I allowed
1:02.6	him to treat her poorly. And how did she describe the treatment, the interaction that was not
1:09.3	pleasant? How did she describe it describe yeah um she's at at 18 she said that he
1:16.3	was abusive at 18 in what form but in what form okay yes um i not physically but mentally some examples she gave recently because she went back to that time
1:34.0	she said that he he she had to have a job at 14 and pay for her car and pay for her car insurance. And she felt like that
1:49.6	took away some of her being a child and getting to do teenage things. And she also, she also,
2:00.0	that's abuse. She all that, yes. And then she also, she also, she also, that, yes. And then she said that he didn't go to all of her
2:06.2	track meets and cross country meets, although I was at every one of them. I was at every single
2:11.5	me. Of course, you don't matter. Well, he didn't go. He didn't, he didn't go to all of them because why?
2:20.4	He was working.
2:21.3	He was sick.
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