1980s: Honor Thy Children?
In San Sequoia, Chis has taken his first steps of his own. His development has been rapid after Betty started taking care of him, even Robin has to admit that. He's said his first words, he plays more actively, and it's time to switch him to a big boy bed. As she reads her son to sleep that night, Robin thinks that now is the time to make sure he gets into a really good preschool. He's certainly old enough to learn to socialise with other children at this age. But when she breaches the topic with Michael he could not agree less. "Why would we want to change anything at all at this point? Mom is working out fine, she loves it, Chris loves her and he thrives. Why toss him into something he doesn't need?" "Because this isn't healthy for a child to only be with adults," Robin argues. "And your mother is fantastic, but this is his education we're talking about." "Or we could have another child, then he'd naturally have other c...