Family members living at a distance may feel at a loss as to how to help.

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"It's very clear to me, from what I've seen in my clients, that children who are put in day care, not raised by their mothers at home, feel a real loss, " he says.

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I'm sorry about the loss of Saturdays, which may make me feel a little more isolated on weekends at my hilltop house.

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