Why You Need to Be the Parents Your Kids Need

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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"Why You Need to Be the Parents Your Kids Need" - Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at
0:26.6	Dr.ora.com.
0:28.5	I want to talk about what you need and how that may inappropriately cause you to parent yourself as a child instead of the kid you actually have.
0:44.9	You need to be the parent your kids need, not the one you wish you had.
0:53.4	So there was an interesting article.
0:55.7	Where was this?
0:58.1	Where was the article?
0:59.7	Okay.
1:01.4	Essence.com lifestyle.
1:05.4	Childhood trauma.
1:07.8	And it's written by Ubria Meadows Fernandez.
1:13.6	Oh, is that for a dramatic name? All right. Schlesinger. All right.
1:19.2	It starts out with this quote.
1:20.8	I don't like it when you compliment me all the time, my then four-year-old daughter told me in response to my consistent affirmations of her hair.
1:34.9	And the mother was taken aback. When she was a kid, she was desperate for somebody to tell her she was beautiful, more than anything.
1:45.8	That's what she wanted.
1:47.7	I couldn't comprehend, she writes, why my daughter would refuse reminders and affirmations
1:53.9	of her beauty.
1:56.0	How superficial can you teach your kids to be?
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