What Do I Tell My Son About His Father?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Christine is trying to put her young son's life back together after his father was murdered. Unfortunately, he's beginning to notice that Daddy isn't around and he's asking Christine for answers. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
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0:12.4	Christine, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Christine, welcome to the program.
0:15.9	Hi, Dr. Laura, it's a pleasure.
0:17.9	Thank you.
0:19.1	I'm a wreck and I guess I'm going to start by asking what do at what point do you tell an almost
0:29.9	seven year old that his father was murdered or he's dead because he asked the other days that
0:38.8	he's never seen his father.
0:40.4	He was born out of wedlock.
0:42.0	His father was in prison all these years. Just got out about six months, seven months ago and he was killed.
0:50.0	Okay, stop for a second. What were the circumstances? Was he doing a drug deal?
0:56.0	I know he well previously I'm going to assume he must have been a bad person because he was in prison for many many years.
1:07.4	I don't know anything about it, nothing.
1:11.7	And he was on his motorcycle in the Altamont and was blindsided by an SUV and shot 12 times. They killed him. I don't know anything about him, never met him.
1:27.0	You know, this kind of stuff is largely public information. So you can look back in.
1:34.8	Well, if you're wanting to know what you should tell somebody,
1:36.9	I think it starts with you knowing the facts.
1:40.7	Yes.
1:42.0	Well, he just asked maybe a week ago mom, mom, I want a daddy and we've done
1:50.9	our best by putting him into a private school hoping that this would alleviate and hopefully help him religious wise good education.
2:01.0	What does that have to do with wanting a daddy?
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