My Brother-In-Law Is a Bully

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Kelly has watched her brother-in-law bully family members for years, but she's especially bothered now that his target is his own daughter. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111. Kelly, welcome to the program.
0:15.3	Thank you, Dr. Laura. Hi. So I'm calling about a situation that I would like your opinion on, how would you handle this?
0:23.5	Because I'm starting to feel complicit in the situation.
0:27.0	I have a brother-in-law who has had a very traumatic childhood.
0:31.8	And I believe it's left in quite a most...
0:34.0	Wait, stop.
0:35.8	Tell me about this without saying anything about his childhood as though that eliminated his
0:42.7	responsibility and ability to behave properly today.
0:46.9	So leave that out.
0:48.8	Okay.
0:49.7	Okay.
0:50.1	I will.
0:51.3	Start all over again.
0:52.5	Hi, Kelly.
0:53.5	Welcome to the program.
0:55.0	Hello, Dr. Laura.
0:57.0	I would like your opinion on how to handle the situation with my brother-in-law.
1:03.0	So when we gather at family gatherings, which is usually when we do see him, we don't have
1:08.0	much of a relationship with him outside of family gatherings.
1:21.0	He has, in the past, belittled and berated those attending adults. And in that way, we've kind of let him say his peace. No one has really reacted to it. As of late, he is now doing this to his daughter, who is,
1:32.4	who is 20, so I guess she is an adult, she's still living under their roof, but he's belittling her.
1:39.5	And it happens consecutively, I guess for the last like five, six gatherings we've had, the conversation
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