I believe that many of these MLCers want our approval - remember that we have become a 'mom' figure for them in many ways, at this time. not because we are 'mom' to them in our behaviour, but because they have cast us in that role for their drama.
And MLC is drama - and they are drama queens. They want support, adulation, applause - everything a toddler wants, and a teenage beauty queen, all rolled into one. They do not want an ordinary life.
