January 17 2024- This passage describes a couple’s experience at a restaurant where they observe another family with two young children. The narrator, who runs a Montessori school, appreciates the limited decisions she has to make during the weekend outings without her own four kids. During one visit to a restaurant, the narrator notices a family with children sitting nearby, and the scene reminds her of the challenges of managing multiple demands as a parent.
As the narrator contemplates the menu, the focus shifts to the next table, where the family with young kids is engaged in what the narrator describes as an “interrogation.” The passage leaves the nature of the interrogation vague, inviting the reader’s curiosity about the unfolding events at the adjacent table.
