Trust. It is quite a word, a big word, one with importance, not one that I use that easily I would say. Ask me who or what I have complete trust in and I may be pushed to think of that many things: my husband, my parents, my own abilities, some friends, some aspects of what my children do. Maybe not about whether they will tell me fibs! I don't think they yet understand the significance of those lies for me to trust that they will not do it.
Trust has to be earned I feel, I would not automatically leave my children in the care of a new friend but I would with a friend that I have grown to know over a period of time and seen they are worthy of my trust. So how strange it is it that I would leave my kids with a registered childminder, that is putting my trust in a system and believing they will have been vetted properly and have the right skill and attention to look after them. I am pretty sure my gut/ intuition would have something to do with my willingness in that case as well. So many factors go into building a case for trust.
