A Single Mother with a 4-year-Old Kid, Is She Helpless? || AP Neem Candies

Acharya Prashant: Socially, we have been trained to visualize the happy family as a kid with his two arms being held by two people of opposite gender. That’s really not needed. The kid is already being held in the palm of his real Father. The real Father is not even holding his arm—He is holding the kid in His palm. So, if you are a single mother, great!

Now, the question of the kid is four years old and you need to earn. He is four; the troublesome period is behind you. Had he been one or two, then the situation would have necessitated your constant physical presence near the kid. He is four years old now. You can have periods in the day when he can be left with relatives, with his grandparents, or even in daycare. So, get going with all sureness; figure out a means of livelihood. And don’t look at your situation as if you are in a bind. Never ever think of yourself as if you lack in fortune.

You see, look at the animal world. How long does a cub stay with the lioness? For how long? For how long does the calf stay with the cow? Please.

Questioner: Only a few months.

Acharya Prashant: Going by natural biology, even human kids are not really required to stay tied to their mothers for ten or fifteen years; it is just a social construct. And it disables the kid. The longer the mother remains tied to the kid, the worse it is for the kid.