Today I spoke to my staff about what happened yesterday, and I am given more detail on the family in question and their behaviour prior to my arrival. It seems the 2 year old boy was given free rein to wander about upstairs, moving furniture, going ino the secretary's room (strictly off limits to patients) and other general mayhem he caused. Thus my remark to dad, which clearly implied he was not exerting suitable control of his child had hit home in a most unpleasant way, hence his annoyance at my simple statement of fact. No one likes to hear their inadequacy nailed in such a simple, yet emphatic way, and he couldn't cope with this. My PA's verdict was:
"Looks like they're good candidates for supernanny"
Actually I've often thought my own family would have benefited enormously from supernanny's intervention; indeed, so would most of the families I know. Parenting is by far the most difficult thing I have ever done; much harder than say, getting through medical school. In fact I often wonder if I had done a better job my lad might still be alive today, though my wife, and the recorded facts, would disagree. Still, I can't help thinking...
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