# What do people call "Dr." Laura?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-call-dr-laura/368769>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-call-dr-laura/368769 "2006-08-15T03:37:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-call-dr-laura/368769/21 "2006-08-17T04:20:13Z")

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Hi,

I listen to Dr. Laura occasionally because its like watching a train wreck or slowing down to check out a car accident… you just can’t stop yourself. I also get pissed off at her attitudes towards women (any woman with a complaint about her husband needs to read _The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands_ :rolleyes: )

However, what she has to say about raising kids - mostly that parents should be parents and not “friends” and that they shouldn’t screw around with multiple partners while their kid is still trying to figure out why mommy/daddy isn’t there everyday anymore is something that very few other people are saying. I think that alone validates her (maybe in a sick way, but gives her advice value nonetheless) role in the media.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-call-dr-laura/368769/22 "2006-08-17T12:15:05Z")

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[QUOTE=saoirse]  
She wants the wife to have the phone number of her husband’s ex-mistress? Dr Laura is an idiot. It’s funny, I’ve heard her show and even when she’s not blaming the woman automatically, or bashing gays, she still amnages to give the absolute worst advice possible. “Make it possible for me to harass that slut you were seeing, or the marriage is over!” Great advice.  
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Like I said, I think it was said in the spirit of “You totally screwed up, dude, now sit back and take your medicine and be completely honest with your woman so she can learn to trust you again.”

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-call-dr-laura/368769/23 "2006-08-17T12:33:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Smokinjbc]  
However, what she has to say about raising kids - mostly that parents…shouldn’t screw around with multiple partners while their kid is still trying to figure out why mommy/daddy isn’t there everyday anymore is something that very few other people are saying.  
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Is it just “screwing around” with multiple partners she’s opposed to, or single parents dating at all? I can understand an objection to the former, but after a period of adjustment, a kid’s gotta accept Mommy or Daddy’s right to a social life.

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-call-dr-laura/368769/24 "2006-08-17T12:57:22Z")

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[QUOTE=ivylass]  
Like I said, I think it was said in the spirit of “You totally screwed up, dude, now sit back and take your medicine and be completely honest with your woman so she can learn to trust you again.”  
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And also in the spirit of, “Let’s do our part to encourage telephone harassment.”

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