[mavelikara]

Yes, I understand. After all, I am paying for their professional, expert advice about my child and I want to give it due consideration. Nonetheless, I want to give my child a fair chance to explain her side too. If I do not do that, I fear that it will alienate my child from me. So I seek her opinion. Of course, once I hear her side, I will not trust her blindly either.

The very act of doing this seems to irritate the author - which I find very disturbing. Trust, but verify, is the principle here.