Why Won’t My Adult Son Listen to Me?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Natalie can’t fathom why her 23-year-old gets frustrated at her unsolicited advice. Searching for advice? 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
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0:08.9	serious xm triumph 111., welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura, it's an honor to speak to you today.
0:17.0	You're very welcome.
0:19.0	I have an adult son who just turned 23, my question for you is as a mother how do I handle
0:26.7	that he won't take my advice?
0:29.2	Okay is this advice that he asks you for? No.
0:34.0	It's a vice-the- hell up.
0:36.0	Then shut the hell up!
0:38.0	Then shut the hell up!
0:40.0	Shut the hell up.
0:47.0	Shh.
0:48.0	How disrespectful you are being.
0:51.0	How disrespectful you are being to give advice unsolicited to an adult son.
1:02.0	That's disrespectful and it implies that he's stupid and incompetent and not an adult.
1:09.5	He has to find his way in becoming a man. No, there is no situation other than he asked for your input.
1:17.0	He asks for your opinion. Give it. Other than that, shut the hell up.
1:22.0	And when you see him making... other than that shut the hell up.
1:35.2	And when you see him making, if you see your child make mistakes, you just watch it. You just watch it. It's a mistake in your mind and he will learn from it. And if you're not going to give him the opportunity to learn but you want him to be your puppet, that's not going to go well in life. I guarantee you within five years of you continuing to do this he will not have contact
1:51.7	with you at all and then you will call me and say I don't
1:54.4	know why my son doesn't want contact. I have no idea. I didn't do or say anything because I get a lot of those calls.
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