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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Suzanna should understand that her mother tore up her parent card the day she did nothing to stop the physical abuse of her kids. 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 radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Susanna, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. What's up?
0:18.4	So I called you about six months ago regarding my dad who would pop up and visit whenever he wanted. And that didn't sit well with me. And we talked about that. And I had told you he was a physically abusive father growing up and I just did not have that emotional connection with him and I asked you for advice regarding that.
0:47.3	Then you brought up my mom who I did not have on my radar.
0:55.7	She was just there growing up.
0:58.4	And you asked me if she ever did anything to protect me or my siblings.
1:04.5	And I said no.
1:06.5	And you kind of opened my eyes to the fact that my dad was not the only, I guess,
1:14.5	monster in my childhood.
1:19.0	But also my mom did not do anything and she stood there and watched and did not protect me.
1:27.3	I call that tearing up your parents, ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, ma'am.
1:30.9	I call that tearing up your parent card.
1:34.8	Yeah.
1:38.3	Definitely.
1:41.3	So...
1:41.7	Do you understand what I mean when I say tear up your parent card?
1:49.0	Do you mean the idea that I had of her as a mom is gone?
1:56.0	I don't know exactly what that means, but when I tell somebody that they, parents' behavior,
2:05.6	they tore up their own parent card, it means they're done, they're gone, they're irrelevant,
2:12.6	it's as though they're dead or never existed.
2:15.6	So if you're trying to make something with the evil woman who sat by,
2:21.2	because I remember our call, who sat by and watched you be abused,
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