I was chatting on the phone the other day to my ex-husband in Vancouver about our granddaughter. Having just returned from Asia recently, my son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter Vera, age 4, are staying with Grandpa for a short while.
My son and his wife do not go out often but they like to get away to do some grocery shopping for a couple of hours without Vera tagging along.
Grandpa’s not happy about this because he is the one who is left to babysit. It is not that he doesn’t like looking after Vera, but the problem is he has a habit of nodding off throughout the day and doesn’t feel that he is a responsible baby-sitter any more. In fact, it was really worrying him that he is not able to look after his beloved granddaughter to the best of his ability.
Grandpa now feels that this practice has to stop; a decision that weighed heavily after a recent half hour trip to the store by my son. As our son was going out of the door he turned back and reminded Vera that she had to keep an eye on Grandpa and make sure that he is awake. If he goes to sleep, then she must wake him up. Vera responded that she was quite capable of looking after her Grandpa.
Who, is minding whom, I ask?
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