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One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox (view source)
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|borrow=Yes
|pages=216
|publisher=Prentice Hall & IBD
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|name=Magda
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|comment= "a salutary lesson in how vital it is to include your own children in everything that happens around them"
...all the time reading this review I was wondering, do you think we really should? Do you think there should be no subjects 'not for children'; discussed behind closed doors when the little uns are asleep? And if yes, is it because they are bound to notice something anyway (even if just the mood) or because it's a Good Thing To Do anyway?
We are too lazy and too volatile to do that even if we wanted (keeping hush, I mean) so we are necessarily forced to explain everything to Katie on her level so she doesn't get too confused; and I think my parents were like that too, but I know of many families where it's normal; and I can think of a few reasons not connected to the child's wellbeing for keeping things secret, not the smallest of them the fact that small children are not capable of keeping a secret themselves and you don't necessarily want all your family issues discussed by your child's teachers or her friends' parents.
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|name=Jill
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|comment= Yes, I can see what you mean. However, not everything in a parent's life specifically affects a child's life. I probably wouldn't share financial details with Conor and Kieran, but I would share them generally if we were particularly short of money, say, and their wants were being curtailed because of it. I think if you can't get over personal embarrassment by child, you're probably utterly buggered as a parent all round!
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