I totally agree - I found that glimpse at the rules that must make up the kids' lives absolutely fascinating. I do think we're supposed to think that the amount of time the kids spend alone is unhealthy, and probably unusual enough that it's going to Lead To Something.
I think there's a general theme that being a parent is in some ways fundamental incompatible with what they do (timewise, rather than emotion-wise)... but that's kind of paralleled to the way they are a family and co-workers at the same time. They can function primarily as themselves-personally or themselves-professionally, but the nature of what they do means there's no easy, obvious line where one is divided from the other, and that's a topic I find really interesting. The travel business fits that as well - there is seemingly real travel business happening there, but how exactly do Philip and Elizabeth have time to make any of that happen? I assume their staff do some and they are also doing travel-business work more of the time than we actually see, because it's not plot relevant, but that must be really difficult for them to balance, especially with the kids as well. I'd love more about that.
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Date: 2013-06-10 07:13 pm (UTC)I think there's a general theme that being a parent is in some ways fundamental incompatible with what they do (timewise, rather than emotion-wise)... but that's kind of paralleled to the way they are a family and co-workers at the same time. They can function primarily as themselves-personally or themselves-professionally, but the nature of what they do means there's no easy, obvious line where one is divided from the other, and that's a topic I find really interesting. The travel business fits that as well - there is seemingly real travel business happening there, but how exactly do Philip and Elizabeth have time to make any of that happen? I assume their staff do some and they are also doing travel-business work more of the time than we actually see, because it's not plot relevant, but that must be really difficult for them to balance, especially with the kids as well. I'd love more about that.