Refresher: Did Heather do the wrong thing by telling off her sister?
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Time now for a refresher from my Dr. Laura Call of the Day archives. Remember, you can hear my live radio program weekdays 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 111. Heather, welcome to the program. Hello. Hi. What can I do for you?

I need to know that I did the right thing. My sister, who's going into a second marriage, is marrying a man that is emotionally abusive to my niece and nephews. And what does he do that you can see is emotionally abusive? What have you seen?

Well, the last thing that was the straw, my nephew, he's a handful, and I will admit that, but he's four. And he had gotten in trouble at daycare, so he took him to a little river thing with a bridge.

and made him get out and told him because he can't behave that he has to live there where the monsters are and where it gets cold. They walked back towards his truck, and my nephew then ran after him and was telling him that he was sorry. And when I found out that happened, that was kind of the last straw that I couldn't do anymore. I couldn't pretend like it wasn't happening anymore.

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I don't disagree with that. No, you did not do the wrong thing. And sadly, we can't take every starfish on the beach and throw it back in the ocean. Right. What I would do, if I sadly happen to be in your position, and this might be difficult because most families are full of weasels, but if your family is not one of those full of weasels, then you'll do an intervention on her. Because I'm sure you're not the only person who has seen some of this behavior.

No, it's not. So you get 10 people together, including mother, father, sisters, uncles, cousins, whoever, grandparents, and without her knowing, you all converge on her to do an intervention about what will happen if she marries him. And if any of you sees anything, you will call Child Protective Services, etc., etc., etc. Get a licensed clinical social worker to be involved, set it up, and close in on her. Okay.

That's what I would do if I were sadly in your position. Now, just give me a yes or no on this. Is your family full of a lot of weasels? No. Thank God. Okay, then this is going to be a great intervention. All right. You just made my day. As a matter of fact, you made my day. In celebration of Valentine's Day coming up, 1-800-Flowers.com is doing a bouquet a day giveaway. They want me to give away a bouquet a day, and you're getting it.

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