Dear Queenie,
I’ve been invited to a wedding where there will be a lot of people. I have a small child and they told me to bring the child with me, but my child does not do well in strange places and crowds of people. I want very much to be there, but I think that for my child’s sake I should not go.
Queenie, am I wrong?—Worried mother
Dear Mother,
No, you are not wrong. Your child’s well-being should come first. Would it be possible to leave the child at home with a babysitter while you go to the wedding? Or, if you have to travel to the wedding, could you find a babysitter to stay with your child while you attend the festivities? That is, if your child will adjust well enough to a single stranger in your absence.
