We are living in the era of the makeover and the quick fix: strangely enough, this even applies to adult relationships with young children. You could watch a reality TV programme practically every night of the week, in which some kind of expert dips into a family and solves problems with children's behaviour with astonishing speed.
Similarly, the problems identified in 'Nurseries Undercover have apparently been solved with a quick administrative change, allowing Ofsted, from April this year, to visit with no notice. However, if we are serious, as practitioners, in our desire to develop better relationships, we are going to have to do a lot more.
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