. ♪ >> this is 15-year-old brinley, who is being blamed for most of her family's problems. but this is not an out-of-control teen problem. does she have problems? sure. she vapes, she smokes pot, she drinks, and she runs away. but i don't ask why she runs away. i ask why she ever comes back. her mother is overwhelmed and absent, and her stepfather is an addict who is a danger to all the children in the family. i asked to talk to brinley before the show, because there is a very serious problem in this family, but let me tell you, it sure as hell is not her. typically parents bring their children, their teenagers to me. they drag them to the dr. phil altar and say, "here, fix my teenager, let me know when you're done." these are the same parents that

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