Robert! The knight doesn’t go there, he goes here! Why are you always ruining my games? Robert!

Robert, come here, dear.

Robert, no! Just leave me alone!

Robert, come here.

It’s your turn to talk to her about slamming the door.

She’ll be fine. No, Robert, your sister doesn’t want to see you right now. Why don’t you go play in the garden? Here, I’ll open the door. There’s a good boy.

I’ll go talk to her, then.

Dear, just leave her be. You know what Dr. Judith says. Growing girls need their space. It’s perfectly natural.

Slamming the door isn’t about—

Robert! Get out of there! You know you’re not allowed to play in the roses.

I’ll be in my study.

Robert, if you wanted one, why didn’t you just ask? Mommy would have been happy to get one for you. No, no, that one hasn’t bloomed yet. We don’t want to take that one. Why not this one here? It’s so big, it will look beautiful on your nightstand. Wait here, dear—just let Mommy get the scissors.

Robert, don’t do that, you’ll hurt yourself! No, dear, we don’t want that one. I’ll get the one you want. Ah, here we are! Wasn’t that easy? Now to get a vase. That’s okay Robert, I’ll hold onto it for now. We don’t want you pricking yourself.

No…no...mm, I know it’s around here somewhere… Oh, that’s a good vase. See, Robert? We add just a little water and pop the flower right in. Isn’t it lovely? And now we’ll take it to your room.

Tada! Why, look at that! Brightens the entire space. No, Robert. You look at the flower, not touch it. Do I need to put the flower somewhere else? No? Good. I need to get back to the kitchen dear, but I’ll come check on you in a bit.

What was that? Oh no… ROBERT!

Robert!! I thought I told you to leave me alone! Just go—

“Here.”