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Created on : Friday, October 05, 2007, 11:26:10 am
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(Original Air Date: 10/10/07) Ask any teenager, and he or she will tell you how tough life is: schoolwork, dating, and dealing with pushy parents. But imagine having two kids while you’re still in high school. Laurie says her 18-year-old son, Corey, is in a toxic relationship with his 20-year-old wife, Kim. The couple fell in love while barely out of junior high and their crush quickly turned to chaos. Laurie says they verbally abuse each other in front of their children, and they’ve only been married for five months. Corey says that Kim cheated on him and has threatened to kill their kids. What’s behind the couple’s dramatic confrontations, and why was Corey arrested? Then, Kim’s mother, Janet, joins the show via Web cam. What does she reveal about Kim and Corey's parenting? Can the couple salvage their relationship, or should they just go their separate ways? And what needs to happen to protect their young kids? Tell us what you think!

Find out what happened on the show.


 
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October 20, 2007, 12:57 am PDT

oops made mistake on the girls name

Dear Dr. Phil,

                     On my last post I made a mistake with the name of the girl. Her name is kim and the boys mom is named Laurie. Sorry.
 
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October 25, 2007, 8:50 pm PDT

teen marriage

i was not surprised that this marriage would ever work. they are to young!  i do feel sorry for their kids.  i hope they are getting the help from their parents to handle this situation and are taking Dr. Phil advice.
 
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November 8, 2007, 7:06 am PST

funny but my daughter had been married over 20 years

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i was not surprised that this marriage would ever work. they are to young!  i do feel sorry for their kids.  i hope they are getting the help from their parents to handle this situation and are taking Dr. Phil advice.
 Sometimes its the maturity level of the people and not the age itself.  My daughter got married at age 16 and was married for over 20 years before divorcing.  Yes they got divorced but at 20 years of successful marriage it didnt have anything to do with her age by that point.  Many 35 year old people dont make it past their 1st anniversary !
 
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November 9, 2007, 10:41 pm PST

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I feel sad for the situation those young chidren have gotten themselves into.  I think Dr. Phil was stressing how teen marriages don't work out and how hard it is so every teen watching will undertand how hard it is.  I am proud to know I am among the few. I believe Dr. Phil said that over 65% of teen marriages that have children fail.  I'm am an exception to the rule.  I was 17,19,22  when I had my children I am 36 now and have been married for 19 1/2 years.  My oldest being a freshman in college, I'm very proud of all of my boys.  They are all honor roll students, active in sports and are fine young men.  My husband and I have always been the care givers of our children, and I feel we are all very close as a family.  We have never went on the system, just worked hard, and very lucky to have help and love from our families along the way. 
 
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November 28, 2007, 1:08 am PST

10/10 Troubled Teen Love

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Ok...I was so annoyed by this show.  Both by those two kids who havent grown up, and also by Dr. Phil!  Almost every single time he talked about teen parents he said how they never are responsible and how grandparents are the ones who will be raising the babies.  I was 17 when I got pregnate with my first baby.  My husband and I got married before I even graduated high school.  That was 6 years and 3 babies later!!  I have three kids, have never ONCE been on welfare and still have an amazing career of my own.  Yes it was a hardship when we started.  But we got through it.  Never ONCE did my parents/in laws "raise" my children!  We did everything we needed to do to make sure our kids had a good life. 

I get so annoyed when I hear people always catigorizing teen parents!  I was a teen parent and I got through it!  Probably better than people 10-15 years older than me did!  Dr. Phil was just really bugging me when he kept catigorizing everything.  Not ALL teen parents are losers and irrisponsible.  There are still some out there who yes make mistakes, but they live up to their responsiblities and do their best to make things right!

I'm clapping for you and know exactly where you are coming from.

I'maturity has no definate age.

And I will go out on a limb here and say it's a lot easier to pick a mate if you're not 30 years old with a long list of criteria.:)

40 years and counting:)
 
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November 28, 2007, 1:11 am PST

10/10 Troubled Teen Love

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I became a widow in 2001.  My husband and I had set down rules to be followed and of course children don't always listen.  The winter of 2001 my youngest son came to me to tell me that he and his girlfriend were pregnant.  I was devastated.  Nowing at this time I was helpless they decided to go to the courthouse and got married.  Two weeks before my son informed me of the situation he had gone to "San Diego" to a church retreat (so I thought) and after telling me that she was pregnant he then informed me that he had gone to "San Diego" to join the "NAVY".  Too make a long story short, My son has been to IRAQ 3 times seeing things i would not wish on anyone.  HIs wife has graduated from college has a job as a Social Worker with C.P.S.  They have 2 beautiful little girls and 'THE FAMILY" are very proud of them.  I completely understand this is not the normal, but lets praise the ones who have made it.  Now they have been married almost 6 years and my son will start college in January.
Oh Annie, congratulations to your family!  And thank your son for me.
 
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December 2, 2007, 7:17 pm PST

From an Australian point of view

I think Dr, Phil needs to take into account that his show is shown in Australia as well. Im 18 and I'm getting married to a 22 year old man and we are thinking of having kids. Maybe to an American this might seem strange but to us, I finished school, and have conpleted a year on University already. My fiance has a full time government job that he cannot lose. I also support those people who said its not the age, but the maturity of the people involved. My father is a psycologist like Dr Phil (only without the tv show) and my whole life I have been taught how to be a responsible adult. I dont know about American teenages, but I know Australian teenagers who have had the right upgrowing, over the marital age on 18 do quite fine in relationships, unfortuently Dr Phil seemed to catorgrise teens around the world. Its a differnt world over here in places, how the world should be.

 
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December 15, 2007, 2:35 am PST

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I feel so sorry for those poor babies! Funny the mom can afford birth control pills, yet can't make sure her kids have milk so they don't end up with bleeding diaper rashes! They both said they should call off the marriage, yet they slept together last night before coming on the show? The marriage is somewhat irrelevant at this point, they need to make sure they're properly taking care of those kids! Can you say MANDATORY PARENTING CLASSES? PLEASE!!!!!

First off, being a teen mom she is probably on medicaid, which pays for the birth control.  That being said, then she should have food stamps or wic to pay for the babies milk.  What I am saying is I agree with you, there is absolutly no reason for these children's babies to be so severly neglected.
 
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December 15, 2007, 10:51 am PST

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Doctor Love Phil Teen Trouble. I did see this befor but I will now have to see this again. See you on Frida--

y December 21st, 2007.  Sincerley Your. Russell Vlaanderen.-------------------------------------------------------------
 
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December 16, 2007, 3:00 am PST

12/21 Troubled Teen Love

Here in Israel the age for marriage is 17-1/2, both m + f, although the fundamentalists (of all stripes) would like to see it lowered.

 

It is almost impossible to get permission from the courts to marry younger than that, even, and I should say espeically in the cases of pregnancy.

 

Young girls are encouraged to stay at home, or if that is a bad situation to leave for a safe house, and return to school ASAP.

 

You don't hear of that many babies having babies here, and the fact this arrangement works well.
 
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