In the early morning, I entered my daughter’s bedroom only to find the 6-year-old reading a story book in the darkness of the room, while my helper was playing her mobile phone, totally unaware of ignorant of what my daughter was doing.
It was not the first time that I caught my helper neglecting her duty of caring for my kid. I was only a bit annoyed in the past. But this time I got really angry and yelled at them both: why don’t you turn on the light? Don’t you know reading in darkness is harmful to your eyesight!
Then I turned to my helper, threatening her: Next time if you don’t stop my kid from reading when it is dark, I will fire you.
The helper has been with us for four years. Am I too harsh on her? I know I was in a fury and lost my temper at that time.