Dr. Laura,
You have saved lives, marriages and families by speaking the truth in a world of immoral self-centeredness. I benefit from one of your truths daily: the reality that boys need an alpha-male dad in the home every day. When I hear callers choosing to create a life without a father, I turn my sadness of their reality into gratitude for my husband.
We have been married 19 years and we are parents to two boys, soon to be 13 and 16 years old. Our oldest is a daily reminder of "I wanted a baby not a teenager". While he is living in a world where his testosterone trumps any and all female opinions, my husband is there to challenge, guide, direct and role model for him how to treat and respect a woman, his wife, and our sons' mom...Me. When I recently told my husband our son had apologized to me for being rude, my husband turned and got right in his face and said, "Yeah, but did you mean it?!" You see, my husband holds our boys to a very high standard of behavior and respect. This is a standard I appreciate and admire, but I know I would not be able enforce it without him. What many single-parent females fail to realize is it may only take a sperm to make a male, but it takes a father to make a man.
Alisa
P.S. Last night when my husband was helping our teenager with his physics project, our younger son and I were playing a board game while listening to your podcast. He turned and said to me, "Dr Laura is like having "LIFE TECH SUPPORT." INDEED!!
