Absolutely. We’ve taken a “radical honesty” approach with our kid on policing and a number of other issues, but the right approach depends so much on temperament. There are plenty of kids where that would backfire.

I feel this deeply (Live in Twin Cities; 6 year old asks one million questions/day).

Zenobia, as in Zenobia “Nobby” Hopwood from Joy in the Morning (PG Wodehouse). For some reason my wife was an easy no.

I feel this. If we have anything more than a 3 day weekend my 5 year old will be melting down shouting, “I need more friends to play with!” Some kids just need a lot of social time with people who aren’t in their family.