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The Dr. Laura Podcast

Being Home is a Beautiful Thing

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Being Home is a Beautiful Thing: Amanda was a working mom of three until late last year, and she says staying home has made an incredible difference in their family life. - Dr. Laura: "We need to start a recovering feminist club!" | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.

0:03.8

Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.

0:09.9

Amanda, welcome to the program.

0:12.8

Hi, Dr. Laura.

0:14.4

Hi.

0:15.2

Hi.

0:16.6

I am calling today with a heart full of gratitude for who you are and the work that you do.

0:23.2

Hopefully I don't start crying while I have you on the phone.

0:27.8

I like to call myself a recovered, completely recovered feminist.

0:32.6

Yes, please.

0:34.0

I was raised by an at-home mom and always knew it was the right thing to do.

0:40.7

However, even though she was home with us kids, she was married that was her.

0:45.8

I was raised really by a stepfather.

0:47.5

Both of my parents were married three times over.

0:50.0

I have half sibling step siblings.

0:51.9

Holidays all over the place.

0:54.3

So, I think because of being raised that way, I felt I always had to work because I couldn't rely on anybody,

1:05.4

because I was never shown what a good marriage is, although my home life was excellent.

1:13.9

You know, I felt like I always had to work.

1:16.8

So, on came the kids, I'm a mom of three boys, 11, eight, and four, and I was a work in mama

1:24.5

up until December.

1:25.9

I felt it was necessary.

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