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Why is "Dr." Laura such a moron?
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Anonymous
| Is she just out for the money that shock jock goofballs can get their hands on? Or is she just mentally unwell? I refuse to believe anyone can be that filled with hate. She represents everything that is evil and ugly in this world. |
Anonymous
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Even though I agree with some of her views, I find her to be an obnoxious twit.
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Anonymous
| She's crazy about some stuff but she's also very very big on focusing on what you actually have control over in your life. Like people that call in upset abotu how their mother has been evil for 30 years and ask how do they get the mom to change...Dr. Laura's response is always along the lines of worrying about what you can influence - that means your actions and how/if you deal with a person; but you can't control other people (except for your kids) and shouldn't waste energy thinking you can and getting frustrated. |
Anonymous
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I'm the PP, I forgot to add - I also like her very strong aversion to divorce while the kids are at home. I don't think that's good for kids unless it's an abusive situation and - having just had a close family member turn his family upside down because he just "was happy being married" anymore - think that this anti-divorce perspective is useful.
that said, i'm a FTWOHM, so obviously I disagree with significant parts that she's fanatical on. |
Anonymous
| What I don't get is that she is a minority too (Jewish and Italian), so why is she such a racist? |
Anonymous
what makes you think she's a racist? |
Anonymous
Not the person you quoted, but probably this http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/08/13/dr.laura.rant/index.html |
Anonymous
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Oh good lord she's just an idiot. And she presents herself as a doctor like she's a therapist, but she actually has a doctorate in phys ed or something like that.
Why why why do people allow idiots like this to form their opinions for them? |
Anonymous
| If a parent wants a divorce, it quickly becomes an abusive situation. Abuse is not always physical. Indifference, disregard and insensitivity can feel like abuse. Also, how do you think a child of divorce feels when he hears Dr. Laura? Not great, I'm sure. |
Anonymous
That's quite an embellishment. |
Anonymous
I'm a child of divorce and frankly I like a good portion of what she stands for...frankly I wish she had been around when I was a kid to knock some sense into my own selfish parents!!! |
Anonymous
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"Also, how do you think a child of divorce feels when he hears Dr. Laura? Not great, I'm sure."
I would imagine some of them feel that someone understands how difficult things can be in that situation. There are DAILY people calling in that have split family stresses (the worst is normally the new wife complaining about the prior kids who she is resentful of in some way). Dr. Laura is huge on the fact that remarriage or even the dating rounds just further exacerbates a bad situation. This seems true from many (no, not all) of my friends of divorced families. |
Anonymous
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18:33 You're an adult, right? I am talking about children! I'm sorry but I strongly doubt that she's lowering the divorce rate.
13:46 So it's mostly stepmothers calling? The worst thing about dating/remarriage is the parent, often the dad, can be clueless about how it impacts the children, it's the old if I'm happy myth at work. |
Anonymous
I'm not a "child of divorce." I'm an adult. When I was a child, my parents made the decision to divorce, and even at 8 I had the sense it was for the best. I respect that my parents are/were imperfect people making the best decisions they could. Staying together would NOT have been in my best interest. Plus, I believe that, even as parents, we don't sacrifice our right to be happy (outside of our children). |
Anonymous
| That was so insensitive and rude. What an idiot! |