Parenting is always a tricky business, even in the best of circumstances.
Parents frequently second-guess themselves about when to intervene and when to hold back.
There may be less second-guessing in the Netherlands, where the children are rated on several scales as the happiest in the world.
Is there a common cultural approach? Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison both married Dutch men and picked up some ideas raising their kids Dutch. Their book is *and Themselves.We get Michele Hutchison on the phone to answer some questions.
