The way you phrase this implies that she should have told her story before they died. Of course then she would be criticized for attacking them in last few years of their lives and making them (more?) miserable then. At least now they cannot be humiliated by her.
That may be, but I have a fundamental prooblem with people making allegations against others who are in no position to defend themselves or refute anything she says, particularly allegations such as these where there is obviously more to the stories than Dr. Laura is recounting. The way she orchestrated it, she is able to get all of her dirty laundry out there in public at a time when nobody is around to provide any balance. Lots of people have issues with their parents. I've been around long enough to know that there are at least two sides to every story, but they way this was done, we'll only get to hear her side. I think her parents (not that I know them or anything) would rather have had the chance to put their side out there rather than to have ben slandered without a chance to defend themselves after they died.
I don't think she made the right choice in writing about them like this. She apparently still is carrying grievances about her childhood. She must be about sixty. My advice, if she ever were to ask me, would be that it is time to let this go.
Definitely true. And the ironic thing is that if a caller to her show told this exact story, that's exactly the information Dr. Laura would provide...
I've always noticed that it's a lot easier to give good advice than to follow it, yourself. For instance, my doctor keeps telling me to lose weight. Still, I notice that he isn't exactly slim Jim, either.