Baby-sitting Upset and Thumb-sucking

Eds Up is all about providing a heads up on cutting edge issues affecting you and your children. In this edition, Zoe Sinclair, founder of Parents Matter and Employees Matter, responds to the following:

"I have a lovely, well behaved and popular four year old son who hates having a babysitter and also dislikes staying round at a friend’s house. He gets terribly upset about both these things which invariably means I don’t get to go out or we have to cancel the playdate. He goes into school every day with no bother so I am unsure as to why he behaves like this?"

Read the full response.