Acharya Prashant addresses a single mother's concern about financial dependency due to childcare. He begins by challenging the socially trained visualization of a happy family, which requires a child to be held by two parents of opposite genders, stating that this is not necessary. He explains that the child is already being held in the palm of his 'real father,' who is not merely holding his arm but the entire child. Therefore, being a single mother is described as 'great.' He advises the mother that since her child is now four years old, the 'troublesome period' is behind her. Unlike when a child is one or two, her constant physical presence is no longer necessitated. She can now find periods in the day to earn a livelihood, as the child can be left with relatives, grandparents, or in daycare. He encourages her to 'get going' with all sureness and find a means of livelihood, urging her not to view her situation as a bind or a lack of fortune. Acharya Prashant draws a parallel with the animal world, questioning how long a cub stays with a lioness or a calf with a cow, implying that their dependency is short-lived. He critiques the social construct that requires human children to stay 'tight to their mothers' for 10 or 15 years, arguing that this practice disables the kid. He asserts that the longer the mother remains tied to the child, the worse it is for the child. He contrasts this with the tradition in 'good old India' where kids were sent to a distant 'gurukul' (residential school) and would only return to the household as fully developed young adults at age 25. During this time, it was not considered proper for parents to pay frequent visits. He concludes by criticizing the modern phenomenon of even 30-year-old men clinging to their mothers, a behavior often venerated as 'strong family values.' He dismisses this as 'stickiness' and a 'hormonal imbalance,' not a genuine family value. He humorously references a trope from Hindi movies where a grown hero calls out for his mother, emphasizing that this is not the natural order of things.