Turn Off the Worry

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Kris was a self-described helicopter mom who worries that she permanently messed up her kids. 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. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:11.3	Chris, welcome to the program.
0:13.8	Oh, thank you. Thank you for having me.
0:16.3	You're very welcome. How can I help?
0:21.2	Okay, so I have two adult, beautiful young men as my son's ages 28 and 26.
0:32.1	And I'm just so worried about them.
0:36.6	I feel like I messed up, messed them up.
0:42.5	Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris.
0:44.1	Chris.
0:46.3	Chris.
0:48.3	I'm here.
0:50.1	And whatever you messed up together with how you didn't mess up, they're adults now.
0:59.6	Turn the worrying off and get busy on your current life.
1:05.2	Your job is done. Any mistakes you made, any terrific things you did, they're behind us.
1:14.2	And they're going to make their own way in life.
1:17.5	With whatever combination of their personalities, characters, energy, intelligence, combined with all their experiences up to this point,
1:27.5	you worrying does not make it any better, worse, easier, harder.
1:32.2	All it does is subtract your life from you at this point on.
1:39.8	That's so true.
1:41.7	You're so right.
1:43.4	So stop it. As a mother, though, you just never stop.
1:47.6	You have to. Do you ever see a baby bird following the birds around as they fly out of the nest?
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