A Delicate Situation

According to Vicki, our actions and the intentions behind them might be clear-cut and pretty self-explanatory for other grown-ups, but this is not necessarily the case when it comes to little children. For parents, it’s important to sit down with their kids and explain the ‘why’ behind specific decisions and their ramifications.

Instead of just making decisions and hoping the kids will accept, it can be quite counterintuitive, as was the case with Marie. If Bridget had had a one-on-one talk with her daughter to explain why both of them needed a babysitter, the results could have been very different.