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How To Redeem a Bad Childhood (Dr. Laura Schlessinger Tells Her Story )
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | 04/11/2006 | Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Posted on 05/01/2006 1:13:35 PM PDT by SirLinksalot

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To: SirLinksalot
Without going into much detail, my mom and I have never gotten along. As an adult I apologized for my smart mouth ways, but she eventually began to think of me as her shrink and babysitter. After dealing with enough drama my husband told her she was not welcome in our home again. Sometimes I feel bad since I do not know where she is (she would call me every once in a while to tell me she had disowned me and that according to her paperwork and will her daughter was dead) , but a sense of relief since my children no longer have to put up with the drama.

I remember having such fear of having a daughter, since I thought all mother/daughter relationships were so toxic. Yet, my daughter has always been my shadow.

21 posted on 05/01/2006 1:44:41 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: misterrob
Parts of her message are dead on but the superiority attitude turns people off.

I have to agree. Much more often than is necessary, she is flat-out mean. The meanness dilutes her message, IMHO. Maybe this is the legacy of her childhood. Sad.

22 posted on 05/01/2006 1:44:57 PM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: FormerLib
I don't think its bashing at all. She can make sense sometimes, but their are those time (way too many) where she just goes off the deep end.

I personally stopped listening to her when she actually said that she agrees with the idea of parents arranging marriages for their children.

I'm sorry, but that is just too nutty for me to take this person seriously.
23 posted on 05/01/2006 1:45:44 PM PDT by VanDeKoik (Quick! Press the Sarcasm button!)
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To: Old Professer
"Either this woman needs an editor or big-time counseling"



I vote for big-time counseling. From what I've heard out of her on the radio I think her son will also need a few shrinks.
24 posted on 05/01/2006 1:49:02 PM PDT by A knight without armor
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
I mourned for my dad more than I ever imagined I would - or could. He was a wonderful man, and a fabulous dad- even if he was a bit cantankerous at times.

My mom and I are like oil and water in a lot of ways - yet we speak on the phone every day a couple of times a day.

There's much love in my family and I hope to pass that to my daughter.

Not everyone has wonderful families - I think it's important for people who don't to know it's ok to release it and you can still go on to great things - and be different with your own family - She's a great example of that.
25 posted on 05/01/2006 1:49:17 PM PDT by justche ("Art, like morality, consists of drawing a line somewhere." G. K. Chesterton)
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To: nickcarraway

Yes I used to. I found it comical that people would actually call her to be abused by that sanctimonious biatch.

Like I said, her message had some merit (not all in my opinion) but her superiority attitude (especially when her past was far from perfect) got to be too much.


26 posted on 05/01/2006 1:50:35 PM PDT by misterrob (Death once came calling for Jack Bauer. Death went home to mommy with a wedgie and no lunch money)
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To: T Minus Four

I didn't read the whole thing. But she is an amazing woman, and so right on the money when it comes to raising children and relating to relatives.

OTOH, she has a grating manner, a sweet voice that is sharp as a knife... she reduces her callers to tears. I don't necessarily argue with those tactics... but a lot of people hate her, and that's probably why.


27 posted on 05/01/2006 1:50:44 PM PDT by Flavius Josephus (Nationalism is not a crime.)
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To: dinoparty

Starting just about the time this women was a girl going through her childhood a movement was sweeping the country whereby parents were being rethought as arbiters of morals, reason, propriety and even discipline; it was from this movement that Dr. Laura received her impetus and careered down the path of those pioneers who convinced us that child-rearing was an art and not an example leading her to where she is today.

She isn't sharing her past with us, she is justifying her own position as self-appointed expert and bad-mouthing her dad in the process just because she may feel her readership will identify with her and create a bond.

Teaching children isn't all that hard, un-teaching them is almost impossible.


28 posted on 05/01/2006 1:52:49 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: truthkeeper
Much more often than is necessary, she is flat-out mean. The meanness dilutes her message, IMHO.

IMHO too. One can give good, tough, advice without being a bitch. So her callers have less than perfect judgment. Lack of tact and good manners is no better.

29 posted on 05/01/2006 1:53:11 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: hilaryrhymeswithrich

"I just finished this book over the weekend and I can't tell you how much useful and wonderful information I got out of it...she captured so many things I have been trying to articulate to my significant other."

So, he's still not house-trained, is he?


30 posted on 05/01/2006 1:54:40 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: SirLinksalot
He was a very difficult, compulsive, critical and argumentative guy – who could also be very charming.

She is her dad's kid.
31 posted on 05/01/2006 1:54:59 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Always Right
There are a lot of people who don't have loving parents. Dr. Laura's message to them is don't screw up the relationship with your children because of your parents. A lot of people fall into that trap and you end up with generation after generation of bad parents.

You nailed it.

32 posted on 05/01/2006 1:55:16 PM PDT by D-Chivas
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To: misterrob

You obviously didn't listen that much, since she made it clear she was far from perfect. She frequently talked about her feminist-type ideas, and her not being all that religious as she was a young adult. I remember her mentioning that all the time. What'd you want her to give specifics? I'm sure she never even remembered those pictures. She talked about how she changed. I try to avoid cold people, and I don't believe she was. She gave people advice, that was sometimes strict, but usually warm. She had plenty of sympathy for people who needed it. Ironically, from your posts, you seem to be guilty of what you accuse her of.


33 posted on 05/01/2006 1:55:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: dinoparty

It's been a long time since I listened to Dr. Laura. It just doesn't come on at a convenient time for me. But when I did listen to her, the people she scolded seriously needed someone to tell them they were responsible for their own problems, and to quit screwing up. So I don't blame her for doing it. After all, they asked her to do so.

However, I totally agree with your description of the people who tend to call her show, or get on Judge Judy, etc, or worst of all get on Jerry Springer. They are all pathetic. Although the Springer ones are far worse than the Dr. Laura ones. At least they are trying to learn how to make an effort.

I've got problems, like everyone else. Not one of them is half as serious as the ones Dr.Laura addresses every day. Yet there is no way on Earth I could get in front of a radio audience of millions, even anonymously, and describe them. Too humiliating. They are my personal problems, and I'll handle them or live with them, but surely not share them with strangers.


34 posted on 05/01/2006 2:02:29 PM PDT by chesley (Liberals...what's not to loathe?)
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To: misterrob
When you're right, you're right. (I mean Dr, Laura).

What's a holly roller? Is that some kind of Scandinavian children's' toy?
35 posted on 05/01/2006 2:04:46 PM PDT by chesley (Liberals...what's not to loathe?)
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To: misterrob

What has her past got to do with her advice? Can't she learn by making mistakes like everybody else?


36 posted on 05/01/2006 2:07:35 PM PDT by chesley (Liberals...what's not to loathe?)
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To: GOP_Proud

< I think she's a remarkable woman. >


Dittos."


I'm with you both. She's a good woman.


37 posted on 05/01/2006 2:11:23 PM PDT by toomanygrasshoppers ("In technical terminology, he's a loon")
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To: chesley

It was that she displayed such a morally superior attitude towards others. The fact that she had learned some tough lessons gave her standing when talking to others. The smug and holier than thou posturing turned me off.


38 posted on 05/01/2006 2:13:55 PM PDT by misterrob (Death once came calling for Jack Bauer. Death went home to mommy with a wedgie and no lunch money)
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To: justche

Since she comes on after Rush (and everytime I try to adjust "the "boom box" I have difficulty Rush back on) I listen to her show frequently.

I don't think she is that rude or irritating, most of the time I wonder why she doesnt slap them more.

I was raised in a dysfunctional family by a couple of drunks. But I was fortunate in that they "dumped" me on my grandparents on every 3 or 4 day weekend and every vacation (be it Christmas/Easter or summer.)

My grandparents gave me the guidance that every young man needs (as well as the love that every child needs too).

For the last six years of my father's life I had no contact with him (other than finding nasty messages on my answering machine).

When my son called to tell me his grandfather had died, he was quite upset with me when I said "no loss, no report"...


39 posted on 05/01/2006 2:14:48 PM PDT by stumpy
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To: FormerLib

Kind of ironic isn't it that the Dr. Laura bashers behave the way they accuse Dr. Laura of behaving? They all appear to be rude, mean and obnoxious.


40 posted on 05/01/2006 2:15:11 PM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are familiar bedfellows)
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