Laura's parents insist on pulling her out of the maternity home early, against the doctors' advice. Why do you think they did this?

Laura's parents insist on pulling her out of the maternity home early, against the doctors' advice. Why do you think they did this?

I believe her parents wanted Laura to return to her “new normal” as quickly as possible.

I agree with judyg. Her parents wanted to put everything behind them so they could pretend it never happened. They may have hoped Laura would “get over it” soon, but they had no idea who she was.

Agree with others. They needed their life to return to normal. Might have been hard to keep up the lie about her being with her Grandma. I think they were pretending that if they got her away from the home, all would be ok.

I think it had a lot to due with their knowledge that Laura really wanted to keep her son and the more contact with him she had, the harder it would be to leave him. They definitely didn't want to bring that baby home. I was horrified at their disregard for their daughter's health.

I could not fathom why they chose this route, especially when they brought her home only to be hidden away. They literally risked her health.

Most decisions are made for personal reasons; this one was probably to protect themselves from possible attachment to their first grandchild and the desire to keep Laura from pursuing her motherly feelings.

I think they pulled her out early as they were afraid she would find a way to keep her son.

I think that they did not want Laura to bond with her son, they wanted to return to their version of normal and basically act like it never happened.

Laura's parents wanted her "to forget this ever happened". Great title for the book. Also, they wanted her to leave the home against her doctor"s advice, thinking she would not have enough time to bond with her son. They misjudged her at every turn.
Also, they risked her life with this move, showing they cared more about their image than about their daughter. Maybe a sign of the times but caring parents would have taken a different route.

Laura's parents did not want her to become too attached to the baby. The lnonger she was around the baby, the harder it would be to leave him.

I think Lauren's parents were motivated the most by ending the lie about where Laura was as soon as possible. I also think they didn't want Laura to get attached to the baby so she would make their life miserable about always talking about it and sharing her disappointment with others. The fact that Laura was not healthy enough to leave made their decision even more appalling. As larryandcarols stated: this highlighted the title of the book!

Laura's parents were not concerned about what Laura wanted; they thought Laura could not possibly know what was best. The parents definitely did not want Laura to bond with the baby, and also, the longer Laura was gone, the tougher it would be for them to pretend she had simply been with thew grandmother. Finally, as other readers have mentioned, the parents mistakenly thought that once Laura was home she would start forget[ting] this ever happened.