What's the Best Way to Parent As a Widow?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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What's the Best Way to Parent As a Widow? - Kristin's husband recently died, and her children are rebelling over the decisions she's been making about their household rules. - Dr. Laura: "Discuss discipline options together for the sake of family cohesion." - How do you handle discipline with your children? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To 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. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:12.9	Kristen, welcome to the program.
0:15.5	Thank you for having me.
0:17.3	You're very welcome.
0:18.5	What's happening?
0:19.4	What's happening?
0:21.1	So my husband passed away in January.
0:25.4	And we have with two older kids,
0:28.3	but two younger kids, 117.
0:30.8	He just turned 17 and 115.
0:33.0	And throughout our marriage, I've always been
0:36.9	a disciplinarian that was just my, that's my role.
0:39.4	And I want to make sure that I'm still
0:42.2	disciplining them right because it's become a,
0:46.5	well, when dad was here, that's not what would happen.
0:49.5	Or if dad was so alive, that's not how it would be.
0:52.2	And I don't want to, I don't want to make a relationship.
0:55.0	Let's look at that.
0:56.4	Let's look at that.
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