What Do I Tell the Kids?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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How much should Jessica share with her children about why they have no relationship with their biological grandfather? Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - 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
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 1111.
0:12.4	Jessica, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Yes, hi, Dr. Laura, thanks for taking my call.
0:19.0	I am a long time listener.
0:22.0	I have you to thank for quitting my corporate job when my
0:27.0	kiddos were born and being there every day with them so thank you for that advice
0:32.4	and just for listening to you for all this time.
0:35.2	It's just been very helpful. So I'm calling you today because I have both a sperm
0:41.1	donor and a dad in my life and my kids are 8 and 10 now and they do not know
0:47.8	a sperm donor in your life. Well he's I didn't mean to be funny.
0:53.0	No, I know.
0:55.0	I just want to know why that person is in your life.
0:59.0	Oh, he's not in my life.
1:01.0	Sorry, he just, I exist because of that, but he's not in my life. Sorry, he just I exist because of that but he's not in my life. I haven't seen
1:06.6	him in gosh 20 years and I only saw him once that time and my mom came it was it was a very bad situation and I'm
1:18.3	calling you because my kids are kind of starting to do... Why did your dad why did your mom use a sperm donor? Oh no she was married it was she got married very
1:28.0	young she was 19 they both were in, and she got pregnant a couple months into their marriage,
1:35.7	had me right before she was 21.
1:38.9	He was in medical school at the time, and they decided to start a side business and the side business took off and he began
1:45.8	cheating on her, had an apartment for the other woman and if my mom brought it up she would get beaten
1:54.5	pretty badly. And she just, after she had me, she couldn't stick around.
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