I Can't Stand Leaving My Kid!

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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April's worried about her nine-year-old son's reaction to her and daddy's long couples' vacation. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:12.4	April, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	April, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hi, Dr. Lara, it's so nice to talk with you.
0:18.0	I've definitely been a fan since I was a kid, so very happy to be on.
0:22.0	Thank you.
0:24.0	What's up?
0:25.0	Okay, so I have a nine-year-old son, he's my only child,
0:30.0	and my husband and I are going on vacation for about 10 days and it's in February.
0:37.0	My mother, who's 77, is going to be taking care of him.
0:41.0	She lives close by and they're familiar with each other and have a good time.
0:45.0	I'm just a little nervous about telling my son too soon because I don't want him to have anxiety about us leaving him.
0:56.2	Are you married to a man?
0:58.6	I totally am married to a man.
1:01.3	Has your husband heard what you're saying?
1:04.0	No, I haven't told him.
1:07.8	You haven't said, oh, I'm so worried about leaving him.
1:11.7	He might be terribly upset and can't live without me and just will go
1:16.0	into a depression.
1:17.2	That's why I was asking if you were married to a man because it sounds to me like you're raising your boy to stay a boy.
1:27.2	It does sound like that, doesn't it? Yeah, you're right. Because that's definitely not my intent at all.
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