Previous Episodes

Jenny is angry that her son has invited his newfound college friends and his girlfriend to a concert her husband and she had planned to attend as a family. Does she have a right to be mad that her son wants to ditch her for his friends at the concert?

Playing Hooky / Karla is at odds with her mother and mother-in-law, taking flak from both sides for opposite reasons. She needs to speak with both, but doesn't want to hurt their feelings in a confrontation. Dr. Laura provides the tough love Karla needs to face the problem.

Upon checking her daughter's Facebook page, Karen discovered some startling news in her daughter's private messages. How should she approach the situation with her daughter?

Too Nice to Date? / Melanie is already shaping her 6-year-old son to be a man when he grows up. Is it too early? No, but it's the father's job to make sure the kid will one day walk like a man.

George butted heads with his dad over a loaf of bread. Here's what happened: George yelled at his mother for refusing to cook a loaf for George's boss. Then George yelled at his father for not forcing George's mother to bake the bread. Sounds silly, but there are lessons to be learned in this one.

Kelly's daughter is the product of a one-time rendezvous with an old friend. How should Kelly bring it up with the father, a straight-up chicken who wanted nothing to do with paternal responsibilities?

Cutting Them Out of Your Life / Amanda believes in her own culpability for her husband's straying ways. But the audacity of the way in which he cheated and the number of times it happened makes clear the notion that neither blame nor shame need trouble Amanda's conscience anymore.

Dr. Laura quote of the hour: "One does not analyze when one's lips are moving, one analyzes when one is quiet."

Her husband sought comfort from another woman, yet hope lies still in Maria's chances to resurrect a healthy marriage.

In a moment of temporary child-induced delirium, Jessica phoned her employer and declared that she was ready to come back to work. Soon after she abandoned her children, Jessica realized what a mistake she had made and wants to quit, a task now complicated by her feelings of obligation to "The Office."