Michael Lohan Is Helping Lindsay With Rehab.
Apparently Michael and Lindsay are preparing to spend some quality father-daughter time together. According to this report, he is headed to Utah today to help his daughter prepare for life post-rehab:
This time, Michael will take LiLo from the facility to a remote undisclosed location in Utah as part of out-patient therapy, he said."I'm looking forward to spending the next week with her," he said. "We've been in constant phone contact. She's in a great, great place now. I've never heard her so honest, contrite and focused.
"Lindsay is weeding out all the bad. She's taking a step back and reevaluating her life. What she tells - her honesty and openness - has brought me to tears. It's beyond words how proud I am of her."
This has the green light from staff at Cirque Lodge rehab center:
Sources said Michael and LiLo wanted next week's visit and counselors gave their blessing."They believe Michael's the best person for Lindsay to be with now," one insider said.
"Not only is he her dad - someone with her best interests at heart - but he's also someone who successfully turned his own life around after battling substance abuse."
I will be the first to admit that when I read this, I was initially skeptical. After all, Lindsay's parents aren't up for any blue ribbons or "Parent Of The Year" awards. Her father was recently released from jail after spending time for a whole host of offenses, including drugs, assault, and DUI, and her mother is the Stage Mom From Hell. I mean, seriously. All she can seem to do is make excuses for her daughter's problems, blame everyone else, spend money, and refuse for either she or Lindsay to take personal responsibility for anything.
But, while both parents have made mistakes, Michael looks like the one emerging on top as far as Lindsay's care goes. He does seem to be cleaning up his act, and he appears to be the one who is making the extra effort to make sure that Lindsay stays on the sober, drug-free path. I don't see her leech her mother doing anything but enabling her meal ticket her daughter by throwing up her hands theatrically offering feeble excuses (anyone remember "they weren't her pants"?). Dina is living the high life off her daughter's back, and making sure that she has all the perks she needs to live life how she wants it to be. Oh, and as far as what others think of her as a parent?
"I'm living the American dream, and you can go . . ." she exclaimed after Harper's asked her what she would say to critics of her parenting techniques. Continued on the next page
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