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Ty Esha.

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Hi, Dr. Laura.

I recently just moved for the state of Alaska.

My house is in the military and of course I had to give up my job.

My son just turned two years old and I've been, you know, I listen to one of your recent episodes.

And you said something about, you know, staying at home and that's the best place for, you know, a parent to be or a mother to be with her child.

And even though I've felt this and she's been born, a lot of my family members and family friends that said it would be better for him if he's spending more time away from me.

That's wrong.

What kind of insane person says something that dumb?

Does anybody really take a puppy and take it away from its mother saying it's good for the puppy?

No, nobody says that about puppies.

Why do they say it about children?

Oh, I know to justify the fact that they neglected theirs or they regret they didn't.

How did a nonsensical thing to say that a kid is better away from the mother?

That's nuts. The first three years in particular is when the kid learns about love and safety, for example, and trusting.

Where do you want them to learn that on the street from a daycare worker who wants to take the lunch break?

Come on.

That your family member said that is horrible.

Yeah, it's because they said that you could attach to me.

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