While I love the FL and her headstrong ways, from a child rearing perspective, she’s really been doing badly at befriending Caesar.
Caesar is 100% correct to be wary, his position is tenuous and his father and stepmother hate him. Anyone approaching IS suspicious. And gifts are easy to come and go.
If any of you get isekaied and need to befriend a child like this:
1: give them a clear reason why you are approaching them. Even if it’s not quite true. Tell them you heard a prophecy or a wise person told you to look for the right person or SOMETHING. Even if it’s a crazy reason. This way he will understand why you are there. He may think you’re lying, but at least he can have an answer to the question.
2: If the child is being neglected and has to fend for themselves, TEACH THEM how to care for themselves and have useful skills. If the FL taught Caesar how to cook, for example, he might not be so scrawny and worry about poison. If she taught him how to fight, even just fistfighting, he could feel more self confident. Teaching him field craft could get him out in the forest more.
Teaching someone a skill is something that cannot be stolen by someone else. It strengthens the child no matter what, and gives them more power over their lives.
And being a teacher would instantly set a good teacher-student relationship between the two.
3: Look at what the kid is interested in, and play into that! For crying out loud the answer is lying in front of your face! GIVE THAT BOY A BOOK ABOUT ETHICS! Your brother reads a lot, he reads a lot, give him a book! Instant gratification! And you can educate him through that! Give him healing novels and fiction about happy families and healthy relationships!
The FL could think about this for two seconds and come up with much easier ways to rehabilitate this poor ML. Hang in there Caesar!
xnaysilvousplait
Girl… Why is she starting duels… I thought she was a grown woman in a child’s body…
Red225
While I love the FL and her headstrong ways, from a child rearing perspective, she’s really been doing badly at befriending Caesar.
Caesar is 100% correct to be wary, his position is tenuous and his father and stepmother hate him. Anyone approaching IS suspicious. And gifts are easy to come and go.
If any of you get isekaied and need to befriend a child like this:
1: give them a clear reason why you are approaching them. Even if it’s not quite true. Tell them you heard a prophecy or a wise person told you to look for the right person or SOMETHING. Even if it’s a crazy reason. This way he will understand why you are there. He may think you’re lying, but at least he can have an answer to the question.
2: If the child is being neglected and has to fend for themselves, TEACH THEM how to care for themselves and have useful skills. If the FL taught Caesar how to cook, for example, he might not be so scrawny and worry about poison. If she taught him how to fight, even just fistfighting, he could feel more self confident. Teaching him field craft could get him out in the forest more.
Teaching someone a skill is something that cannot be stolen by someone else. It strengthens the child no matter what, and gives them more power over their lives.
And being a teacher would instantly set a good teacher-student relationship between the two.
3: Look at what the kid is interested in, and play into that! For crying out loud the answer is lying in front of your face! GIVE THAT BOY A BOOK ABOUT ETHICS! Your brother reads a lot, he reads a lot, give him a book! Instant gratification! And you can educate him through that! Give him healing novels and fiction about happy families and healthy relationships!
The FL could think about this for two seconds and come up with much easier ways to rehabilitate this poor ML. Hang in there Caesar!