September 29, 2017
Growing Up With Dr. Laura

Dearest Dr. Laura,

I am a 34-year-old wife and mother of 3 awesome daughters. I've been listening to you since I was a preteen and being driven to practices in my own mom's car. I vividly remember being 13, desperately wanting to turn the station and turn on whatever cool jams were topping the charts back in that day. My mother would not have it though, insisting that listening to your sage advice would ultimately be much more beneficial for us both. It was beyond frustrating back then, but In retrospect, I think she was definitely right.

Last week I was driving my 3 girls from school to their tumbling practice. While in route, I was getting my dose of daily "self-help" by listening to your show. My oldest daughter (who is 10 going on 30) was in the front seat. I saw her hand start to reach for the dial out of the corner of my eye. "Don't even think about it cutie pie," I quickly corrected her. She retorted with an overly dramatic eye roll and annoyed sigh. I explained to her that I understood the frustration she felt about not being allowed to execute her desired listening choice; because I too was once young and fought my own mom for radio dial control.

My mom said to me what I'm going to say to you now, "We could spend this travel time listening to the questionable lyrics of today's top 40, or we could use it to soak in some excellent wisdom about how mommy can be the best possible mommy".

Today, we are going with the latter, and while I'm sorry she is frustrated, I have a pretty good suspicion that one day she will be a mom in the driver's seat. On that day she will appreciate and understand what her own mom decided to do today. While I doubt she was overly excited about the outcome of our discussion, I did detect a small smile forming on her face.


Much appreciation for the years of wisdom you have and will offer our family!!

Xoxo

Posted by Staff at 10:58 AM