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Laura Schlessinger: Moral opinions
Schlessinger often gives her opinion on social topics during her radio show. Some are common-sense, others are controversial, especially in how they are phrased. These are some of her opinions that she has stated at least 5 times on her show. If a year is given after an opinion, then it was not addressed on her show before that year:
- Children should only be put in day-care if absolutely no other options exist.
- Most two-paycheck couples do so for luxury goods, not survival.
- "Stay at home" moms are the best parents.
- Dads should work, moms should not (1997). (Earlier in her syndication, in 1996, she advocated either parent staying home.)
- Divorce, when there are children, should not occur unless there is Abuse, Addiction, or Adultery (her "three A's")
- Don't forgive those who wronged you unless there is Remorse, Responsibility, and Repair (her "three R's")
- Live-in arrangements outside marriage ("shack-ups") are immoral.
- Couples who lived together before marrying are more likely to divorce.
- Women who engage in sex outside marriage are "presenting themselves virtually as unpaid whores."
- All contraception is unreliable. Therefore, couples should abstain from sex outside of marriage.
- Teenaged girls who wear croptops and other revealing outfits are "sluts." (1998)
- Dating should not begin until age 17 or 18.
- Couples should not marry until their late 20s.
- Pre-marriage engagements should be lengthy. Couples should not marry unless they have been dating at least 2 years.
- Parents who have divorced should not remarry until all children are over 18.
- Adoption should be only by two-parent heterosexual families, with a stay-at-home mother. (1997 for the heterosexual part)
- Abortion is murder, and should only be done when the mother's life is in danger. (1996) (Unclear if she allows exceptions for "mother's health.")
- The pro-choice movement, especially Planned Parenthood, is "evil" and "deceptive."
- The National Education Association and the American Library Association want to allow children to access explicit materials online.
- The American Psychological Association (APA) promotes pedophilia (See Rind et al.)
Since the publication of her latest (2004) book,
The Care and Feeding of Husbands, Schlessinger has advocated wives putting husbands, rather than children, first. This is a reversal of years of advice encouraging callers to always put their children's immediate needs first, no matter how inconvenient.
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