In this part of the interview you will be trying to learn whether the mother manages to give some time and attention to her young child as she carries out her routine household chores, whether she makes additional time available that is just for the child, and whether the father is involved in the child care routine. A good beginning is something like the following: One of the hardest things about having young children around the house is that they are always demanding attention and you have a lot of other things to do besides pay attention to them. For example, how do you arrange things while you are doing the dishes (or the laundry, or cleaning house)? What you want to learn here is whether the mother permits the child to be involved with her in these tasks and whether she makes the effort to help structure his play periods without demanding that he do all of this on his own. Helpful questions would be: