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(Original Air Date: 10/03/07) Hating your own mother is hard to imagine, but today’s guests say they want nothing to do with the women who gave them life. Dr. Phil speaks with feuding mothers and daughters. Nineteen-year-old Megan says her mom, Tracy, is nothing but her egg donor. Megan has been singing since she was a child and is now a rising star in the music industry, but she says all she wants is for her pushy stage mom to butt out of her life. Tracy says Megan’s record deal is the worst thing that ever happened because it turned her sweet daughter into a stereotypical rock-and-roll singer who’s into sex, booze, drugs and rebellion. Can this relationship be saved? Then, Carrie calls her mother, Sarah, the “spawn of Satan.” Carrie wrote a book about Sarah’s real life near-death experience at the hands of a serial killer. Now the mother and daughter are fighting over who owns the rights to this compelling page-turner. Will they heal their relationship so that the book can get published? Talk about the show here.

Find out what happened on the show.


 
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October 3, 2007, 2:14 pm PDT

I hear you, but

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I disagree with you.  This mother is clearly distraught.  I think she offers up the evidence because she doesnt want her daughter to continue lying.  I was in the audience that day and it was very apparent that lies were being said.  Her daughter is clearly not sober.  Her reactions and personality show she is still not sober, where is the forgiveness? if she is in AA.  I dont think the mother should be apologizing I think the daughter and her "friend" should be....and yes this is clearly for publicity.  After seeing them both cry over each other its clear Megan once felt loved by her mother and probably still does that why she "hims and haws" so much. 

I don't think Megan appeared not to be sober.  I believed her when she said she was clean and sober - and I thought her performance reflected as much (unlike the MTV awards performance of another pop star).  When someone beats an addiction - that should be supported and applauded.  Her mother didn't have "evidence", in my opinion, instead she offered innuendo - something like "some one on MySpace said somethink like "she'll pour the drinks" blah blah blah.  It sounded more like a baseless attempt to denegrate her daughter's efforts and she lost me after that.  About foregiveness, maybe Megan hasn't gotten to the "forgiveness" step in her AA program. 

 

And the mother was distraut all right.  I think she was distraut because she's embarrassed.  And she should be.

 

Why do you say the daughter was "clearly not sober."  Did she slur her words, stagger when she walked, repeat herself or lose her train of thought etc.?  I'm curious.  Why do you say that?

 

Also - anyone serious about a singing career should want publicity.  No matter what the platform - if Dr. Phil gave her a chance to sing - she should take it.  Do you know why the mom would not even stay and watch her daughter perform?  That was a pretty sh#&%ty thing to do, IMO.  I understand if you disagree.
 
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October 3, 2007, 2:15 pm PDT

forgiveness

I really hope that this young girl can find it in her heart to truly communicate with her mom , and to come to a place of forgiveness between both of them, my oldest daughter and I went thru alot while she was living with me she didnt want to follow the rules so one day  I told her I love you but you are over 18 and you need to move out yes it was hard , but ever since then we have both grown alot and our relationship as mom and daughter is great.

 
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October 3, 2007, 2:17 pm PDT

Megan came across as rebellious and ungrateful

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Megan needs to grow up and relize her mom just wants what is best for her........also she's a pretty good singer but she needs to get rid of that hair!!!...........doesn't anyone have plain blonde or brown hair these days???!!!......
Regardless of what Megan's mom has done (and I never did hear anything all that bad except for trying to keep her from doing drugs and trying to  guide her away from those  who are only  seeking to gain off  of her talent-such as Marcia.  Puhleeze... the reason Marcia did not get onto to her for doing drugs and alcohol is because she did not want to get on Megan's bad side and then not be the recipient of the profits that may come Megan's way.  And it absolutely is NOT true that ALL teenagers use drugs and drink.  I have 2 of them that don't and know many others.

No one mentioned who was there to make sure Megan had opportunities to promote her talent early on!  Hmmmm?  Wonder who that was that had to drive her to where she needed to go or pay for that?  Could it be... perhaps... her mother?  That is why I say she is a total ingrate.  If I sacrificed my time, money and sanity to help one of my kids succeed in the entertainment industry, I would hope they would have the decency to be thankful for that and WANT to give to me whether financially or with their time. 

This girl came across as a bratty, selfish and spoiled rebellious child.  Her singing was great but her look detracted from the message of her song.    Sure she wants to write her mom off now that she was provided with the opportunities her mom gave her early on to even see to it that she was successful with getting a recording project.  Mom is old news now... she does not need her, so cast her off.  She does not want anyone holding her accountable and how dare her mom try to do that?  Give me a break!
 
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October 3, 2007, 2:17 pm PDT

I Miss My Parents

Megan, there will be a day that you will regret what you are doing to your mother. I can't believe how disrespectful you are. Do you really expect people to buy your cd's when you are so disrespectful? I will not be one of your fans because if you are that disrespectful to your mom, than I know you would not respect your fans. As far as the woman that you consider your mother, wake up, there is a reason she is there. She is getting some type of payoff for being your friend. If she was a true friend she would encourage the relationship with your mother. You need to grow up if you really want to be a star. Have a relationship with your mother and if she tries to get involved in the business part than tell her that you don't want her to go there.

I LOST MY DAD TO HEART PROBLEMS IN 2003 AND MY MOM IN 2004.

I am with Dr. Phil all the way. You never know how much you will miss them until they are gone. I would give anything to have a day with one of my parents again. Don't let money become between you. It will not be worth it.

 

As far as this deal with the book, you need to get over it. You never get your parents back. Is money that important to you. If I had a choice between money or one of my parents, there would be no choice. My parents were not perfect, they made mistakes too, but I made alot myself. You will be sorry one day and that is the one thing i can promise you. money or no money, you will be sorry.
 
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October 3, 2007, 2:18 pm PDT

How ungrateful!!

This young girl is so ungrateful to someone who raised her and supported her.  She is so disgusting I would never buy one of her cd's.  This is typical of the garbage that this country has to look forward to.
 
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October 3, 2007, 2:20 pm PDT

Your children need permission to buy an album?

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 Give me a break!   I don't care if this child is 19, or 40!  She is a beligerant, spoiled little brat, and a little witch who has NO CLUE!   She will be sorry when everyone in the industry has used her up and hung her out to dry.  By then she will have so hurt her mother that there will be no way to repair the damage and she will be alone.  She was so disrespectful to her mother that I will NEVER allow any of my children to buy any of her albums.  This child is horrible, and I cannot believe the Dr. Phil show even wasted air-time on her.
 
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October 3, 2007, 2:20 pm PDT

Allergic to Milk

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Sarah should be thankful for her mother if it weren't for her she wouldn't be here on this planet called Earth. If it weren't for her mother she wouldn't have what she has like her career.. Mom took her to the places she needed to go for her career... and this other lady Nancy who was suppose to be watching her letting her drink at a young age maybe she needs to be arrested for letting someone underage drink and smoke..Sorry if I were Mom I would cut my ties with her and when she come crawling back I would think long and hard and maybe tell her to go see Nancy  now...Sarah is nothing but a BRAT..another Britney Spears .......
The worst thing Sarah could come up with to prove her mother did not take care of her was that her mother let her drink milk when she was told she was allergic to it at age 6 months.  My kids were allergic to it when they were little but then became more capable of tolerating it as they got older.  Please.. it is not like she had the kid smoking joints or something!
 
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October 3, 2007, 2:26 pm PDT

The answer lies within you.

Megan, your song asks "Why do they hurt me?   Why do they leave me?"  You might look inside yourself for the answers.  Whatever our mothers have done - and none of them are perfect - we choose our response to that.  You have chosen to be hateful.  If you cultivated some grace and well-mannered assertiveness, you would not have to say hateful things in order to maintain your independence.  I don't know what your mother has actually done to you, but I doubt that it equals the sins of one young Texas mother a number of years ago.  Under the influence of drugs (which she chose to take) she put her 18  month old daughter in a large frying pan on the stove to cook her.  Neighbors heard the child's screams and saved her.  The point of this awful story is that, when this little girl was about your age, she looked beyond her scars and her vivid memory of the pain, and forgave her mother for this.  Sometimes the answers lie not in what people do to us, but rather in how we choose to respond to it.
 
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October 3, 2007, 2:33 pm PDT

not interested in what you have to say

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Its quite apparent you are someone who knows Megan and her Dad by your messages and to be honest I am not interested in what you have to say.  I saw what I saw and her mother was distraught.  if my daughter acted like that I would be the same.  Shame on you for applauding disrepect of a parent and just plain old Bratty behavior.  No matter whether you know them or not that behavior is just plain Wrong!!  Besides those photos look like a very happy child and so what changed??
I assure you that  I don't know anyone from the show, Megan is getting a raw deal here, and too many posters are making wild assumptions when knowing little about these people. You think Megan is a Brat? Well who raised her like that? She jumped out the window? Why did she want to leave so bad? She did too many drugs? What was she stuffing emotionally? All 18 year old girls have issues with their mothers, and have had bratty moments. Is is wrong, yes, but mom is seeing the results of bad decisions made long ago. Hopefully they will learn tools and do better and grow. At 18 I needed to pull away from mom too and it was tough on both of us.  A photo is not real life, only a posed snapshot.
 
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October 3, 2007, 2:37 pm PDT

What a let down.....again

I have watched Dr. Phil off and on since he was on Oprah on Tuesdays.  I was again disappointed today with the lack of any sort of help for the two families.  As with all the other shows, I watch them to gain ideas on how to help my own family and see what advice Dr. Phil has for them so I can choose whether or not to incorporate it into my own life.  Struggling with problems with my mom at this time, I was looking for a little help myself.  I cannot buy his books, I cannot fly to LA to be on his show, I cannot afford a counselor.  My mother is an invalid and refuses to do anything to help herself or us (my husband and I) who pretty much care for her and drive her around on a daily basis.  She is only 57.  I just wanted to hear some decent advice that these women could put to use, as well as the viewing audience.  What has happened to your show Dr. Phil.  Too many commercial breaks, not enough resolution and advice.  Please, rethink your new concept.
 
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