I think anyone who will interfere with the rules clearly defined by nature will have to pay for it one way or the other, sooner or later. Haven't we learned that already...Children growing in the absence of the mother will obviously not bond well emotionally with the mother. Who else could be a better teacher at this tender age than the mother herself. As far as socializing is concerned this could wait and should not be done at the cost of the child's overall development, physical, mental and emotional. Let the toddler enjoy the warm company of her mother as much as possible and do not deprive her of this right... Of course that is my view...