Bad Childhood

Colleen believes the neglect she experienced as a child has caused her to be a compulsive accumulator of things.

Bad Childhood

Even though Maurice was adopted as a teen by a loving and supportive family, he finds himself acting more like his biological parents and jeopardizing his future. 

Bad Childhood

Is it wrong of Sharon to hide from her stepbrother the truth about why her mom divorced his father?       

Bad Childhood

When I was in my late teens and early twenties, my mother used me as a counselor over her marital woes with my father. She’d unload on me about my dad’s workaholism, his neglect of her,...

Bad Childhood

Kay is in her 60s and is still trying to find a way to earn her mother's love.

Bad Childhood

Dr. Laura helps Hayley understand she will probably never have the relationship she desires with her mother and to consider other ways to fulfill her need to love and be loved.

Bad Childhood

Chloe wants to turn a blind eye to the damage both of her parents caused during her childhood so they will be a part of her wedding.

Bad Childhood

Amy is beginning to realize what a bad idea it's been to let her children spend time with the stepfather who sexually abused her and the mother who allowed it to happen.

Bad Childhood

In part 2 of this call, Dr. Laura helps Matthew understand that, in spite of his bad childhood, he has – and deserves to have – a good life.