Deep Dive: From Stay-at-Home Mom to What?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Parents who make raising their kids a priority are my heroes. I wrote a best-selling book called “In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms” to celebrate and to buoy the under-appreciated, little respected and even controversial parents - mostly moms - who make the important decision to be home full-time. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
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0:14.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive.
0:18.0	Deep dive.
0:20.0	Dr. Laura's Deep diveive, Deep Dive, Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast.
0:23.8	Parents who make raising their kids a priority are my heroes.
0:29.6	I wrote a happily bestselling book called In Praise of Stay at Home Moms to celebrate and to buoy the underappreciated, little-respected,
0:42.2	even controversial parents, mostly moms, who make the important decision to be home full-time.
0:50.5	Some do it just for the first crucial five years, while others dedicate themselves to raising their kidlets for the duration of their childhoods.
1:01.5	Needless to say, after pouring so much of yourself into another human being, it can be a shock to the system once that child grows up and moves out.
1:13.7	How do you shift gears after devoting years to being a full-time mom?
1:20.2	That's what Melissa wanted to know when we spoke.
1:26.7	Melissa, welcome to the program.
1:29.4	Oh, Dr. Laura.
1:30.5	Great.
1:31.2	Okay.
1:31.9	Here's my question.
1:33.8	I have been a stay-at-home mom for 20 years.
1:36.8	I've listened to you all the time.
1:39.9	And I've gotten to the point now where I can answer my own questions just because of the way you've taught me how to think, basically.
1:49.2	Good.
1:49.4	Here's my issue.
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