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I am always skeptical of people who are 'self proclaimed' anything, let alone self proclaimed moral leaders. I listened to Dr. Laura a few times and decided quickly that she was rather useless. I hope people came away from her with some good advice, but it seems more like they got Judeo-Christian fundamentalist (sometimes extremist) talking points more often than not, which serve the interests of the few at the detriment of the many.
As the son of religious people, and someone who hung out with other kids of religious people, I can understand at least on the surface the nature of rebellion from draconian moral rule. I was lucky to have my parents both grow less draconian on their own as I grew up, or I may have rebelled in a similar way. Of course I'm not saying that all parents that use draconian moral rule aren't doing the right thing or don't mean well, I'm sure that most parents out there love their kids and want what's best for them, but most adolescents in our society rebel in some way as they become their own independent person, and something as imposing as a parent like Dr. Laura would make that rebellion against morality an easy avenue.
I would hope that if Dr. Laura's son has issues to work through he'll see a good councilor, someone who may be the polar opposite of his mother like a liberal Jungian or Ericksonian therapist, but anyone other than his mother could help.
BTW, I've seen some myspace pages that make the myspace described above look like a Disney movie. The article and story are hype, and this should be a private matter.
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