The Ramsey Show Highlights "What's Wrong With Your Parents?"
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Nov 1, 2025 Natalie calls in seeking advice about her 35-year-old brother, who still lives with their parents and takes advantage of their support. The discussion highlights how the parents' enabling behavior is detrimental—not just to her brother, but to the family dynamic. Host Dave emphasizes the importance of establishing boundaries, urging Natalie to share her own experiences to inspire change. He also suggests involving a trusted third party to help address the situation and stresses that parents should focus on raising independent adults.
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Stop Trying To Control Their Choices
- Do stop trying to control your parents' decisions and accept your limited influence.
- Do focus on actions you can take instead of emotionally policing others.
Enabling Disguised As Love Hurts
- Enabling feels like love but actually harms the recipient by removing consequences.
- The enabler avoids conflict and unintentionally shapes bad adult behavior.
Quit Chasing The Unmotivated Adult
- Do stop trying to fix your brother directly if he has no incentive to change.
- Do focus effort on influencing the parents who enable him instead.