Dr. Laura

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember listening to Dr. Laura in the car with my mother as a child. A woman called in asking about a baby shower. The pregnant woman was unmarried, the shower was at their church, and she felt uncomfortable with the situation but didn't want to be rude and not send a gift. Dr Laura advised her to NOT send a gift, go to the shower, or engage with her at all--to send a message that "that kind of behavior" (being a single mother) is unacceptable.
I asked my mom why she was being so mean. My mother never listened to her after that. This was in the mid 90s. I can't believe she's still on the air!

Actually, I completely agree with her advice on this. It has nothing to do with being "mean."

I remember that call, or maybe a very similar one. The caller's daughter was a teenager who had been invited to a shower. The party was being thrown for a pregnant teenager and most of the guests were other teenage girls. The concern was that the other girls were getting the message that teen pregnancy was the occasion for a party and gifts, rather than the beginning of a lot of responsibility and possible difficult times for an unmarried teen who hadn't yet graduated from high school, let alone college.

I'm not sure about this next part, but I seem to recall that she suggested quietly sending a gift of infant clothes or diapers or some needed baby supply that the caller could afford to help out the young woman. She did suggest not allowing the daughter to go to the actual party because she didn't think that a teen being pregnant was a reason to celebrate. Essentially, support the young mother and her baby, but don't act like getting pregnant in high school is a super fun idea and a good way to get started on adult life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember listening to Dr. Laura in the car with my mother as a child. A woman called in asking about a baby shower. The pregnant woman was unmarried, the shower was at their church, and she felt uncomfortable with the situation but didn't want to be rude and not send a gift. Dr Laura advised her to NOT send a gift, go to the shower, or engage with her at all--to send a message that "that kind of behavior" (being a single mother) is unacceptable.
I asked my mom why she was being so mean. My mother never listened to her after that. This was in the mid 90s. I can't believe she's still on the air!

Actually, I completely agree with her advice on this. It has nothing to do with being "mean."

I remember that call, or maybe a very similar one. The caller's daughter was a teenager who had been invited to a shower. The party was being thrown for a pregnant teenager and most of the guests were other teenage girls. The concern was that the other girls were getting the message that teen pregnancy was the occasion for a party and gifts, rather than the beginning of a lot of responsibility and possible difficult times for an unmarried teen who hadn't yet graduated from high school, let alone college.

I'm not sure about this next part, but I seem to recall that she suggested quietly sending a gift of infant clothes or diapers or some needed baby supply that the caller could afford to help out the young woman. She did suggest not allowing the daughter to go to the actual party because she didn't think that a teen being pregnant was a reason to celebrate. Essentially, support the young mother and her baby, but don't act like getting pregnant in high school is a super fun idea and a good way to get started on adult life.

I'm the original PP with this story, and it was definitely NOT about teen pregnancy. I think my mom would have had more to say to me if it had been, since I was probably 11 or 12 at the time.
And to the other PP, no wonder you listen to Dr. Laura then! I was an accidental pregnancy and my mom had me young-my dad wasn't around a lot when I was a kid, and they eventually got divorced. I remember my mom saying that the woman needed more, not less support around her because being a single mother is really, really hard. I'm sure she was drawing on her own experiences. Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember listening to Dr. Laura in the car with my mother as a child. A woman called in asking about a baby shower. The pregnant woman was unmarried, the shower was at their church, and she felt uncomfortable with the situation but didn't want to be rude and not send a gift. Dr Laura advised her to NOT send a gift, go to the shower, or engage with her at all--to send a message that "that kind of behavior" (being a single mother) is unacceptable.
I asked my mom why she was being so mean. My mother never listened to her after that. This was in the mid 90s. I can't believe she's still on the air!

Actually, I completely agree with her advice on this. It has nothing to do with being "mean."

Woman should have had an abortion. Then she wouldn't be a single mother.

[Anonymous]

Dr. Laura is horrible, just horrible. Like Ann Coulter for old ladies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely love her. Agree with the PP who said that people who don't like her can't take the hard truth.

LOL. The stories we tell ourselves...

[Anonymous]

YEARS ago she was common sense in a good, helpful way. Then as time went by she started getting really judgey and it got worse and worse until her hypocrisy on many topics was revealed and made her unlistenable. Will never forget her shriveled nudity pics and that the least of her hypocrisy.