July 2, 2021 - Dennis Prager Show
04:20
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| Dennis. | |
| Yes. | |
| Oh, thank you for taking my call. | |
| I've been a long-time listener. | |
| Thank you. | |
| First-time caller, so I'm a little nervous. | |
| It's okay. | |
| It's very normal. | |
| I have a son in California with my two grandkids. | |
| Both males. | |
| They refuse to let me see him. | |
| I have another son in Michigan with a granddaughter. | |
| Who also refuses to let me see them? | |
| I think it's based on, I don't talk politics with them, but he knows my political views. | |
| And it could be a collective reasoning through a divorce of some reason or my political views, but they don't return our calls. | |
| They don't accept our calls. | |
| Who is our? | |
| Who is our? | |
| Myself and my wife. | |
| Are you the parents of these children, the two of you? | |
| Are these stepchildren to your wife, or are they children? | |
| They're stepchildren to my wife. | |
| They're my blood grandchildren. | |
| Right. | |
| So, you mentioned divorce. | |
| Is that a factor in their alienation? | |
| I think so. | |
| I think the ex-wife has spread rumor. | |
| Unrelentless rumors about me and my ex-wife. | |
| When did that start? | |
| It started about 10 years ago when they were younger. | |
| How old were they? | |
| I didn't have the opportunity to defend myself. | |
| Divorce was a part of infidelity on my ex-wife's part. | |
| But anyway, my present wife has nothing to do with my relationship with my grandchildren. | |
| And they've just totally cut me off and cut my wife off. | |
| What is the reason that they have given? | |
| They don't. | |
| And that's what's so frustrating. | |
| I've reached out to them. | |
| I've honored their birthdays. | |
| I've honored their Christmas holidays. | |
| And I'm their blood grandfather, and I don't get any. | |
| And, you know, I listen to you a lot, Dennis, and thank God I do. | |
| I know that I'm mother and father. | |
| They don't get it. | |
| They were raised in a Christian family. | |
| They were raised in a good home. | |
| And when they became adults and had grandkids, it's like they've lost all semblance of manners, respect. | |
| And I just don't get it. | |
| I don't get it anymore. | |
| Yes, I know. | |
| I feel for you. | |
| God, I feel for you. | |
| I've said that this is this pandemic. | |
| Bothers me more than COVID. The pandemic of adult children not speaking to a parent and often not depriving them of any relationship with the grandchildren. | |
| You gotta be pretty, pretty mean. | |
| Just mean. | |
| And the amazing thing is the ability of mean people to think they're wonderful. | |
| It is why I remember when the self-esteem movement began, and it was misnamed, and I said it then. | |
| It should have been the unearned self-esteem movement. | |
| Self-esteem that's earned is fine. | |
| And the trivial example of it, but nevertheless an example, is giving trophies to kids for playing. | |
| Participation trophies. | |
| Not for winning. | |
| for breathing. | |
| That's what we have today. | |
| He is not alone. | |
| You have no idea, folks. | |
| I almost sound a little eccentric in this, and I admit it. |
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