Do you think, that its okay, when little children are a few days alone, that means seperated from the parents like HRH Prince Christian of Denmark is alone in Denmark, while his parents and his sister are in New York on an Official visit? Might it be bad for the later development of the child, when it don't sees his parents so long, or may it be good, and why?
For me: I hadn't let Prince Christian alone back in Denmark. He is too young. He needs his parents. Yes sure, he has nannys, but can a nanny be like a mother. That shouldn't mean that the Crown Princerly couple aren't good parents, but that is not lucky.
I'm with you, Principessa. And that a little child gets attention doesn't mean he/she would be spoiled. Attention is not the same than pamper. You could take care of a boy/girl without making a little tyrant of him/her.
The key word is "equilibre". I think it's important for a Royal child to be taken in official travels along with their parents, just to know how their "job" will be when they must be in "daddy" or "mummy"'s place.
You see. I'm not always with things that are done a lot of time ago. For me, the education of little Royals were mostly bad . Nannies could not be like your own parents. Childrens NEEDS to be with his/her family and have a great relationship with them. Nothing can replace a good talking with papa and mamma, telling the little one how they were when they were their age, and over all things to tell him/her anecdotes of the whole family for the boy or girl would know them. And over all things, not send them too soon at school, for the little one could know well who his/her parents are and who his/her grandparents and other relatives are. And then yes: at four ot five, he/she is ready to go to school, but the parents must NEVER neglect the hours of talking and playing with their children. I was educated this way, and now I can speak about my Great-Great Grandma Maria as I've known it (I didn't. She dead in 1961 so...) and I call her "My Granny Maria". My grandma has told me that she was living in a star, above in Heaven, and even today, I watch the stars thinking in my dear, dear Great-Great Grandmama I've never knew.
Royal children had their education neglected in the XIX Century and the very beggining of XX Century. They were always with their nannies and then, stern teachers. They saw rarely their parents. The only exception was the Russian last Imperial Family, my favorite one.
Now, Nannies are replaced with school. Modern people who is so enthousiastic about sending a poor boy or girl to school having a year and half or even less, but criticisez the old system of Nannies, are not realizing that it is alnost the same, with the exception that the boy/girl is with other children. I'm not against Royals going to school and making friends there (I should praize even that they goes to common school , to learn more about what life really is). I'm only against the fact they should go so little, before they could even speak properly. Four or five is a good age. Every psychology book will say it.
And they must go with their parents to official journeys, not only for starting to be at ease with crowds, photographs and "official ambiance", but in order of not to feel themselves abandonned by their family in a moment of they are too little to understand that "mummy and daddy went away, but don't worry. They will be hear soon".
Sorry for the long and possibily boring insight.
Vanesa.
