My Question of the Day: Hector and Rosa Milagros hire Austin to care for their three sons while they work long hours at their law firm. Austin has been with them for four months now, and they and their boys absolutely adore him. Despite a thorough background check on Austin, the Milagros are presented with a newspaper clipping by one of their junior associates that says Austin was once accused of child molestation. The article goes on to say that eventually the case was dropped when the child admitted that he lied because Austin refused to allow him to stay up past his bedtime. Austin never mentioned to the Milagros that he’d been accused of such charges. What should they do at this point?

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My Question of the Day: Olivia and Marcus have decided not to allow their child, Sarah, to return to daycare. For one, it’s too expensive. Secondly, they aren’t convinced that the workers there are actually paying enough attention to the children.

They decide to hire an at-home, child caregiver who speaks a different language. Olivia and Marcus are native French-speakers, and they would like Sarah to learn Japanese. They reason that Sarah will be totally fluent in both Japanese and French if her caregiver speaks Japanese during the day and they speak to her in French during the evenings and on weekends.

There is just one snag in Olivia and Marcus’ plan. Marcus is opposed to hiring someone who solely speaks Japanese and cannot speak French, also. Olivia thinks whomever they hire should only speak Japanese, since she and Marcus will be the French-speaking influence in Sarah’s life.

Who do you think is right?

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