When Can Teens Make Their Own Decisions?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Dr. Laura helps Madeline and her mom reach a compromise about social media and multiple piercings. 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.
0:11.3	Mom and Madeline, welcome to the program.
0:14.5	Hi.
0:15.6	Yeah.
0:16.6	I'm here with my mom, and I'm an 18-year-old who's about to go out of state for college,
0:22.4	but my mom still doesn't think I should be able to have social media.
0:30.0	And so we were wondering what your opinion is about...
0:33.2	I agree with your mom.
0:36.7	There's nothing constructive about social media to help you with your schoolwork, to help you
0:42.3	with your mental health, to help you with a social life.
0:45.3	There's nothing useful in it.
0:48.3	There's no benefit to it whatsoever.
0:51.3	So I'm with her.
0:53.3	But I see written on the screen that that's not
0:57.6	what you told the screener what something about an earring oh that was another
1:06.4	issue that we had I had sent an email about that Yes, I did read the email now that I'm
1:11.5	reminded. Oh, well, I'm against the social media, so it's not beneficial. And if you're 18,
1:18.6	then I think you can read beautifully and do some research on it. And if you can come up with one or
1:25.0	two benefits of social media, I'll listen and I'll
1:29.6	change my mind okay the other so tell me about the earring yeah the earring so I'm
1:40.9	I've been wanting to get a second ear piercing and my mom has also been against that.
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