 And some people didn't have the chance for it to be a happy situation for them. So we're taking on all comers on the topic today. 888-914-9149. This is from Jacqueline. She says, my mom worked nights and my dad worked days. There was about an hour starting when I was three, when I was left alone in the morning between when my dad left and my mom would get home. And my older siblings went off to school.