Navigating Loss While Sending a Child Into the World

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Jennifer is facing a powerful emotional crossroads—grieving the loss of her mother while simultaneously sending her daughter off to college. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:29.7	Jennifer, welcome to the program.
0:33.6	I can't believe I'm talking to you.
0:36.3	Yeah.
0:36.5	Can you hear me?
0:37.4	Thank you. Yes. Yeah. Can you hear me? Thank you.
0:38.5	Yes.
0:39.3	Yeah.
0:41.6	Yeah, I really can't believe I'm talking to you.
0:45.9	I've listened to you since I was in elementary school.
0:51.9	Oh, great.
0:52.6	I'm not older now.
0:54.7	And on the radio in my parents' person, my mom always had you on.
1:03.7	So I'm, I could go into so many different faceted things, to be honest, in my life.
1:13.6	But I think the main thing is grief.
1:19.6	Losing my mom.
1:24.6	And that was the same week that I dropped off my daughter to college.
1:32.3	So I'm trying to hold it together by not doing too great.
1:37.3	But I think like grief and the anticipation of like, I don't think we're ready to lose our parents.
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