But being accompanied by just one child - for the first time ever since she was a tiny baby made me realise that we both (perhaps unfairly) expected more of her when she was by herself than we would have done if she had been accompanied by her merry troupe. Whilst at the same time, I found myself ‘caring’ for her more over the two days that we spent away than I usually do when she takes up her role as eldest of her clan. So paradoxically, having only one child around made me into a MORE attentive but also LESS sensitive parent…
