Best Rick Voyles Podcasts (2024)

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S4.E44. ALIENATION - PART TWO: “My Mom Was an Alienator”: A therapist tells his story 49:25

5d ago49:25

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Jake, a mental health professional, joins Diane & Rick on this episode to tell his story of dealing with narcissistic abuse and alienation from his mother growing up. They discuss how it felt to him …

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S4.E43. ALIENATION - PART ONE: Can the Alienator Be Rehabilitated? 45:41

12d ago45:41

45:41

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE In part one of a three-part series on parental alienation, the hosts take a complicated look at the phrase "parental alienation" and what the various forms are. They discuss the oversimplification of…

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S4.E42. Practicing Real Anger Management 44:39

19d ago44:39

44:39

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick discuss the fallacies of traditional “anger management”. They also talk about different types and reasons for anger, and how it is important to respect the nuances, especially when deali…

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S4.E41. What to Do With the Impossible Step-Parent 31:08

27d ago31:08

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Maria asks what she can do to run interference with her kids when their step-mother seems bent on turning them against their mom. Even dad has apologized to mom for his wife’s behavior, but …

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S4.E40. Are You on a Mission for Peace or Revenge?: A Unique Look at Self Care 43:08

1M ago43:08

43:08

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick explore self care from the perspective of working on the root cause of co-parent stress, rather than treating the symptoms of the stress. They discuss it from the point of you of the div…

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S4.E39. Should Dad Hold On or Let Go of This Conflict? 51:23

1M ago51:23

51:23

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE John asks the all-important question, “Should I fight?” Diane & Rick break down the risks and benefits of letting go vs. holding on to the conflict. They explore the complexity of balancing children’…

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S4.E38. An Alienated Father”s Message (on Mother’s Day) 29:07

2M ago29:07

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick take a week off to spend time with their families, so today’s episode is featuring a new podcast created by a Co-Parent Dilemmas listener! Jack, the host, speaks poignantly about what he…

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S4.E37. Surviving the Psychopath: Evolving Your State of Mind 38:20

2M ago38:20

38:20

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Has the co-parent world gone absolutely crazy? In some ways, yes! Diane & Rick discuss the disturbing patterns they often see in their work, and hear about from listeners, that signal the need for an…

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S4.E36. How You Say Goodbye Is A Big Deal 39:05

2M ago39:05

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Claire writes in and asks what to do about a co-parent who takes more than 5 minutes to say goodbye to their daughter at each exchange. Diane & Rick discuss the importance of taking care during excha…

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S4.E35. The Inconvenienced Parent 34:03

2M ago34:03

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Amanda writes to Diane & Rick regarding her co-parent’s complaint about their daughter’s activities being too inconvenient for him and his spouse to endure. The hosts discuss the concept of …

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S4.E34. Caught in the Middle…Between My Ex and My Spouse! 33:50

3M ago33:50

33:50

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Ashley is frustrated by both her husband and her co-parent. She frequently finds herself caught between them, and none of it is helpful to her 12-year-old son. Diane & Rick explore the diffi…

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S4.E33. Should I Send the Kids to a Toxic Household? 41:49

3M ago41:49

41:49

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick respond to a listener’s question about withholding parenting time due to a history of domestic violence and continued toxicity in their other home. What are the steps to determine safety…

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S4.E32. Summer Sabotage 34:15

3M ago34:15

34:15

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane and Rick answer listener Carlos’ question about the confusing paragraph in his parenting plan regarding the summer schedule. His co-parent is attempting to manipulate the schedule to get more t…

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S4.E31. I Want to Ghost My Narcissistic Co-Parent! 34:50

3M ago34:50

34:50

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Colleen wants to stop communicating with her co-parent so she can get emotional relief. Diane & Rick revisit the importance of following the structured email protocol and talk about the pitf…

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S4.E30. “How Do I Get Her to Stop?” The Purpose of Boundaries 40:46

3M ago40:46

40:46

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick address Zachary’s question about how to get his co-parent to stop bringing her toxic boyfriend to the children’s activities. He worries the children will get in the middle of the conflic…

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S4.E29. Is It Possible or Probable? Let That Be Your Guide 40:59

4M ago40:59

40:59

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick address listener Danny’s question about the top three issues facing high-conflict parents and how to resolve them. The hosts discuss the fact that the issues are not the problem, but wha…

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S4.E28. Daddy’s Little Girl 27:11

4M ago27:11

27:11

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Shawn asks a question about how to help her 19-year-old daughter repair her relationship with her father. Diane & Rick discuss the importance of acting parental no matter how old the child is. The di…

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S4.E27. The Problem with Self-Representation 33:23

4M ago33:23

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Sometimes approaching your court case without an attorney can leave you vulnerable and without all the information you need to make good decisions. Diane & Rick explore a listener’s frustrations abou…

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S4.E26. Who Gets Final Say? Another Parenting Plan Disaster 36:27

4M ago36:27

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick answer listener Ryan’s question about which therapist he and his co-parent should choose for their daughter. The one nearest dad or mom? What really matters? Is it possible to have a “ha…

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S4.E25. Narcissism in Co-Parenting: What is it? How do you respond? Will your child be a narcissist, too? 55:07

5M ago55:07

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick discuss the mental health issues that are connected to someone with an extremely self-focused personality disorder, also known as a Narcissist. They differentiate the clinical informatio…

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S4.E24. My Child is Gaslighting Me! 36:28

5M ago36:28

36:28

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick explore the phenomenon of children engaging in “gaslighting” as a strategy to either survive their parents’ conflict or to manipulate a parent to get what they want. Is it a learned beha…

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S4.E23. The Problem with Over-explaining a Concept! 27:33

5M ago27:33

27:33

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Heather shares a paragraph from her parenting plan entitled “Special Considerations”. Diane& Rick explore how you can go too far in trying to explain an abstract phrase and find yourself rig…

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S4.E22. Infants, Toddlers, and Teens - Oh, My! 39:20

5M ago39:20

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick address listener Shary’s dilemma about parenting time with an infant. How much does the co-parent relationship determine the best schedule? The hosts break it down, as well as discuss th…

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S4.E21. Fifth Weekend Dilemma: A Good Case for Letting Go 37:39

6M ago37:39

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE In another episode in the parenting plan disaster series, Diane & Rick review Camile’s parenting plan language about 1st, 3rd, and 5th weekends. They discuss the problems with wording that seems fair…

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S4.E20. Birthday Party Disaster: Who’s in Charge? 35:56

6M ago35:56

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Michael shares his problematic parenting plan language about birthday parties with Diane & Rick. They discuss not only the problem with the wording, but what really matters to the child — th…

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S4.E19. What DOES the Word “Dinner” Mean?: Splitting Hairs in the Parenting Plan 36:52

6M ago36:52

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick address a listener’s question about the meaning of dinner in his parenting plan. They discuss how some co-parents go to great lengths to misinterpret parenting plan language to interfere…

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S4.E18. Triggered and Trapped by My Emotions! 46:05

6M ago46:05

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Colleen writes to get advice on how to manage her emotions and not answer her co-parent’s lying emails and texts. Diane & Rick discuss the importance of becoming desensitized to the other pa…

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S4.E17. Do I Give In to My Child’s Request to Stay Away? 37:45

7M ago37:45

37:45

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane and Rick look at a conflict that on the surface might seem easy to resolve for the Non-Impossible parent. But upon further exploration, they unpack long-lasting consequences to giving in to a c…

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S4.E16. Help! I’ve Done It All Wrong! 44:15

7M ago44:15

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick address Trudy’s email that asks the question, “Is it too late for me?” They discuss strategies to help a 15-year-old stuck in the crossfire of his parents’ conflict - ABOUT HIM! They als…

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S4.E15. You Broke Your Vows, So It’s All Your Fault! 36:18

7M ago36:18

36:18

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Leah emails that her child is blaming her for his distress over the divorce because she “broke the vows” in her marriage to dad. Diane & Rick know this sentiment is not coming from the child…

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S4.E14. What to Do with the Non-Communicator 29:07

7M ago29:07

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE A non-impossible Facebook group contributor posts about a co-parent who refuses to communicate. Diane & Rick explore the fine line between setting an appropriate communication boundary and ghosting y…

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S4.E13. Holiday Sabotage 41:29

7M ago41:29

41:29

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Travis asks how to manage holidays with the children when his co-parent historically makes plans on his time. He’s tired of her sabotaging every holiday, but doesn’t want the kids to be stuc…

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S4.E12. What to Do with Those Liars, Cheats & Scoundrels 45:57

8M ago45:57

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick reach into the listener mailbag to reveal how listeners are benefitting from the show and how they continue to feel railroaded by the court system. They discuss how some disordered peopl…

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S4.E11. My Mom Wants to Tell Me How to Co-Parent! 46:01

8M ago46:01

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Co-parenting with an impossible parent can be difficult enough, but what happens when grandparents get involved and make things worse? Listener Chrislyn asks Diane & Rick to weigh in about this on th…

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S4.E10. Part Two: An Inside Look into Family Court Hearings 59:06

8M ago59:06

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE As a follow up to Part One, Diane and Rick describe the family court hearing they recently attended and interview one of the parties. They get a first-hand perspective about the personal devastation …

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S4.E9. Part One: Holding Family Court Judges Accountable 39:50

8M ago39:50

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick report on a recent court hearing they attended, in which the judge admonished the parties to never come back to the court, if they knew what was best for the children. Diane questions wh…

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S4.E8. You Can’t Un-Baptize Your Child! 37:11

9M ago37:11

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE What if your co-parent informed you, after the fact, that your child was baptized — and according to your child, all of his/her extended family attended?! How do you respond when your child wants to …

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S4.E7. Listener Mashup! 43:20

9M ago43:20

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick reach into the mailbag and answer several listener questions about common topics facing parents with impossibles on the other side. They discuss a variety of topics on the show and give …

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S4.E6. Grieving - Loss, Children, Relationship & the Dream 39:56

9M ago39:56

39:56

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick discuss three types of grief parents can experience after separation and divorce. They focus on complicated and ambiguous grief, when the natural healing process is interrupted by toxic …

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S4.E5. The Alienated Child 55:34

9M ago55:34

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick take a deep dive into what parental alienation feels like from the child’s perspective. From having trust issues in relationships to learning to lie to survive, they explore the destruct…

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S4.E4. Voices: The Alienated Parent 51:08

10M ago51:08

51:08

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE In this unique episode, Diane and Rick stay silent (shocking :-), so the voices of alienated parents can be heard. They discuss their personal pain, but more importantly, how alienation deeply hurts …

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S4.E3. You Know Who 56:02

10M ago56:02

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Author Dana Laquidara joins the show to discuss her memoir,You Know Who, referring to the mother she was never allowed to talk about as a child. This episode drives home the concept that alienating a…

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S4.E2. Half the Child 48:07

10M ago48:07

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick welcome author William McGee to discuss his novel, Half the Child. The main character in the book struggles with parental alienation and naively thinks the court will rule in the best in…

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S4.E1. Closing One Chapter and Opening Another 1:06:38

10M ago1:06:38

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick begin Season 4 with the final chapter of the Case from Hell. If you haven’t listened to Season 2, binge it before listening to this emotional episode that describes Diane’s experience at…

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REBROADCAST: S1.E26. Kids Who Protect the Alienating Parent 27:16

10M ago27:16

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE David asks if he should ask the court for more time with his kids because of alienating behaviors he suspects their mom is encouraging. Diane & Rick discuss the risks of making an already insecure pa…

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REBROADCAST: S1.E28. The Passive-Aggressive Co-Parent 31:03

11M ago31:03

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Tom emails a question about how to respond when his co-parent goes silent on a time-sensitive decision and how to react to the children, who seem to be using the same passive-aggressive techniques wi…

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REBROADCAST: S1.E23. Defining a “Good” Co-Parent 25:15

11M ago25:15

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick respond to an email from Janelle who struggles to please her co-parent without being walked on, and at the same time is afraid to set boundaries for fear her ex and the court will see he…

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S3.E30. Whose Phone Is It Anyway? 36:33

11M ago36:33

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Janelle wonders if it is okay to snoop on her child’s phone and worries that if the other parent finds out, he will be upset. Diane & Rick wonder why this is even a question and discuss the …

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S3.E29. The Messy, Dirty, Non-Discrete World of Real Cases 37:30

11M ago37:30

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick discuss the problem of others, like family, friends, and untrained professionals, guilting high-conflict co-parents into trying harder to “just get along”. They explore ideas on how to t…

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S3.E28. The Recording Dilemma 29:37

12M ago29:37

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Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick discuss how parents should respond when they feel their child is recording them to gather evidence for their other parent. Or are they? They explore the importance of talking to kids abo…

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