Mother of 'Dr. Laura' found slain in Beverly Hills

"I have made visits to several homes where people would not open the door".

Well, if Dr. Laura's Mother was in fact, murdered in her apartment, she opened the door to someone.

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The blame cannot be placed on one daughter. But it won't keep the liberals from criticizing her.

I reject your inference that only liberals are criticizing "doctor" Laura, and find it despicable. Based on what has been made public so far, there is no evidence that this so-called "doctor" had any part in killing her mother. However, pointing out the hypocrisy of someone who gets paid very well to hector telephone callers about their family relationships while themselves not bothering to spend a quarter on a health-and-welfare phone call to a parent (even an estranged parent) in "months" is completely valid and fair.

I have no problem with Laura Schlessinger making her living nagging willing phone callers; (heaven knows she'd never make it as a centerfold in a skin mag). However, being a hypocrite is not a conservative value nor is it a quality that conservatives should prize in their icons.

Boy, sounds like our dads could be brothers! Right now however, I have chosen(not a hard choice since my dad never stays in contact) to sever the relationship, at least while my children are growing and impressionable and he still continues to act like the same abusive man he always was. I never shut a door though, he knows what has to change to come back in our lives.

How is dr laura hypocritical unless her recommendations were something she was not doing herself? In other words, can you point to me the calls where she encouraged a stubborn child to continually approach a paranoid, nasty parent or to at least keep tabs on them, when she herself did not? Also, isn't there something to be said for someone who can rise above their own shortcomings and recommend a better way for others? If she did indeed recommend a caller reaching out even to a terrible parent, wouldn't that say something for her professionalism and not letting her own personal opinion of terrible parents interfere with sound advice to others?
I don't think hypocrit should be thrown around so quickly. And I'm sure you would never fit the bill on these very boards if we did? We are human, so is Dr. Laura, so is every other psychologist/doctor.

BTW, if this was only a thing between Dr. Laura and her mother and she truly was shutting this woman out, then where were this ladies neighbors, friends, service people? Why is it that nobody else seemed connected to her either? I have known older folks where children are the problem and they still have a rich network of friends and aquaintances who would know they were missing within 24 hours. These type of people don't cut themselves off from the world, in fact, they'll usually speak to anyone of their problems with their children. Truly doesn't sound as if Dr. Laura was the prime isolator in this instance. Sorry to disappoint you.

Oh, and I have not listened to Dr. Laura in probably 2 yrs or so. I stopped because I thought she was too harsh and abrasive in her delivery so I am not some enamored fan who is rushing to her defense, but I do recognize what it is like being from a family like "that". I hope you are not speaking from lack of experience friend, if you are, you can't imagine the damage an overly critical and unloving and unREPENTANT parent can do to you and how after years of trying to please them, you just give up and move on for your own mental health and the security of your own children. It sucks to be rejected by a parent and even still, I carry a soft spot for my dad despite all he's done, but I don't keep tabs on him--I bet Dr. L felt much the same way about her mother! The saddest part is this woman left the world without ever mending the relationship with her daughter. It not only affected her, but like many abusive parents, she leaves a deep scar on the child she leaves behind because after years of criticism, it is they who will carry the guilt of having done something wrong.

How is dr laura hypocritical unless her recommendations were something she was not doing herself?

You don't find it the least bit hypocritical that she presumes to lecture other people on their family situations but can't invest 25c over a period of "months" to call her own mother to find out if she is alive or dead? If you truly can't grasp this simple concept, then we have nothing further to discuss.

(Note: I am fully aware that the "lectures" she provides are fully consensual and have no problem with her making her living hectoring total strangers. God bless American enterprise).

In other words, can you point to me the calls where she encouraged a stubborn child to continually approach a paranoid, nasty parent or to at least keep tabs on them, when she herself did not?

Ferchrissake, nobody is talking about forcing a live-in nanny on her, continually pounding on her door, or installing a geezer cam in the poor woman's toilet. A twenty-five cent phone call once every couple of months is not "undue attention" or harassment.

And, who do you think you are characterizing her mother as "paranoid" and "nasty?" Those are pretty harsh descriptions of a woman you don't even know.

Sadly, a once a month phone call would not have prevented Dr. Laura's mother's death. Oftentimes, people who have lived through tragedies, embarrassments, and family difficulties are best prepared to advise others from their experiences.

I am curious to know if Dr. Laura was paying for her mother's home in Beverly Hills.

Sadly, a once a month phone call would not have prevented Dr. Laura's mother's death.

Correct. Maybe nothing would have (one story I've read on the subject opined that she was murdered). I have seen no one blaming her for her mother's death, what they (and I) are blaming her for is not having the basic decency of a child for a parent and at least calling her or having somebody else check up on her every so often. Hearing about another human being lying dead on the floor for that long, forgotten, makes my skin crawl. And for a child to do that to a parent is even more sick-making.

Oftentimes, people who have lived through tragedies, embarrassments, and family difficulties are best prepared to advise others from their experiences.

So if I find myself having blackouts and the DTs, I need to go seek out the guy quaffing Sterno downtown and solicit his advice.

I am curious to know if Dr. Laura was paying for her mother's home in Beverly Hills.

As far as I am concerned, that is irrelevant. I would be no less disgusted with Schlessinger's behavior if she had paid for the Taj Mahal for her mother. The amount of Schlessinger's largesse for her mother is not the issue, the apparent lack of concern of the child for the parent is.

One can be murdered without opening the door. Get a grip.

Get a grip? Oh please, you think I'm coming unglued over this? LOL...grow-up.

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Yes I do.

Oh please...

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