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Dr. Laura

Posted : 4/12/2007 3:51:55 PM

Does anyone listen to her? I just recently started listening to her radio show because she switched time slots. I can't decide how I feel about her yet. My step-dad is a huge fan of Dr. Laura and has often credited her to opening his mind a little bit more when it comes to how he parented me as a child. After listening to her, I can see why he likes her so much, but then again I amazed that he can listen to her!

I have found that I either agree with ehr advice completely or I disagree completely. Sometimes I am shocked at the advice she gives. If nothing else, it has made my day go by more smoothly because I'm no longer listening to the same songs on the radio being played over and over again. She gets me thinking.

jjsmom06

Posted : 4/12/2007 3:58:20 PM

Twelve years ago my mother bought me a Dr. Laura book titled something like “12 mistakes women make”…. She gave this to me because I was moving in with a guy (my DH…) … I took one look at the book and at the table of contents and then promptly threw the book in the trash…. So I have NEVER, nor will I EVER listen to Dr. Laura.. but my opinion is a bit skewed…[

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rwbeagles

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:00:57 PM

Her stance and comments on homosexuality make it so we have little in common as women, so I'd not seek her advice on other matters.

jjsmom06

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:02:56 PM

Her stance and comments on homosexuality make it so we have little in common as women, so I'd not seek her advice on other matters.

ohhhh.. maybe I need to look that up... not like i need MORE reasons to dislike the woman but...[

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ashland

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:08:08 PM

Lol! This is so funny! I agree with you Gina, about her stance on homosexuality. I find that I almost detest her in some ways, but I can't stop listening. Sometimes she gives really good points and advice and I almost hate it that I'll agree with her. I'm usually at my desk cursing at her and saying, "What are you TALKING about?" when she is speaking with her callers, but I still don't change the station.

Shelly- She is CONSTANTLY referencing and selling that book. I'll have to flip through it my next trip at the bookstore.

chewbecca

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:08:48 PM

I've never heard of her.
Can someone brief me on her beliefs? I want to hear about the EVIL LADY! Is she like the...Ann Coultier of child-rearing??
*shivers*

chewbecca

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:08:58 PM

D'oh! double post. ahhhh.

rwbeagles

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:12:52 PM

I don't have a problem with her show or her views, in fact I think it's great she's open about it and allows people then to decide if she is someone who's advice they want. I think that can only be good!

Very few people I do take advice/seek counsel from I agree with on everything [

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So in that respect...we (Dr Laura & I) don't have enough in common for me to seek her out. !

ashland

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:15:28 PM

From what I have gathered of her, she is a traditionalist. She believes that once you marry, you stay together until death. If at some point in the marriage, there is infidelity, loss of love, any bumps at all really, that you still stay together. No matter what, you stay together because you took those vows. If you become widowed and you have children, you don't date anybody AT ALL until the children are at the very least over 18 years of age. If you are someone who has gone through a divorce, she still says that under no circumstances should either parent date someone else until the kids are grown.

In matters of step-parents, she feels and believes that the step-parent ultimately has no say in how to raise the child. It's solely the responsibility of the natural parent.

She's very blunt and very rude. She has no patience either. She is very conservative.

ashland

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:16:15 PM

[linkhttp://www.drlaura.com/main/]http://www.drlaura.com/main/[/link]

here's her site

cakana

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:16:46 PM

I used to listen to her a lot, and also had the book that Shelly's referring to. I was going thru my divorce at the time and dating a guy who was all around bad news, so the book helped me. I was seeking lot's of self-help kind of stuff at the time, so Dr. Laura was just part of that. I found some of her advice straight-on and practical. Women would call with the craziest questions..."I'm married w/ 3 children, but I don't find my husband sexy and have been feeling attracted to the UPS driver, what should I do?" I liked that she didn't sugarcoat her answers to sound like a girlfriend, but sometimes she could be abrasive and I really didn't like how she'd cut people off when they were talking. So...all in all, I liked some of what she had to offer but not everything.

jjsmom06

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:19:19 PM

Ok..so in light of her views on "homosexuality" according to comments she has made on the topic as posted by religioustolerance.org I have to say that I PERSONALLY cannot possibly respect a single thing that would come out of that womans mouth...[8|]

ashland

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:20:05 PM

ORIGINAL: cakana

I used to listen to her a lot, and also had the book that Shelly's referring to. I was going thru my divorce at the time and dating a guy who was all around bad news, so the book helped me. I was seeking lot's of self-help kind of stuff at the time, so Dr. Laura was just part of that. I found some of her advice straight-on and practical. Women would call with the craziest questions..."I'm married w/ 3 children, but I don't find my husband sexy and have been feeling attracted to the UPS driver, what should I do?" I liked that she didn't sugarcoat her answers to sound like a girlfriend, but sometimes she could be abrasive and I really didn't like how she'd cut people off when they were talking. So...all in all, I liked some of what she had to offer but not everything.

I agree. She doesn't sugar coat and I like that. She doesn't back down either, when someone actually has the balls to speak up to her. I also don't like how she cuts people off either (sometimes. Other times the caller really is just not a good speaker and someone needs to speed them up) and how she sometimes provokes or twists peoples words around.

rwbeagles

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:31:22 PM

She's also apparently/allegedly had an affair and divorce both? so....I don't know...and the pictures are something else altogether...but we were all young once. lol...

ashland

Posted : 4/12/2007 4:34:52 PM

ORIGINAL: rwbeagles

She's also apparently/allegedly had an affair and divorce both? so....I don't know...and the pictures are something else altogether...but we were all young once. lol...

Really? I didn't know this. With the way she speaks about marriage, I would have never thought. Again though, I just started listening to her within the last week so don't know too much about her other than what I have heard and other than my step-dad's raves.