be a busybody

The elderly man neighbors in Azusa knew as “Wick” seemed to some residents to be a busybody, but to others he acted like a guardian, taking note of every suspicious behavior in his street and keeping neighbors informed.

The answer to your last question is easy: No. If the only issues were being thought to be a busybody and the possibility that a child would be seriously harmed, the latter would win out.

But I don’t want to be a busybody either!

You have to take every lesson you ever learned from a good therapist and bring it to bear and give them the space to figure it out on their own — not to be neglectful but not to be a busybody either.

You have to take every lesson you ever learned from a good therapist and bring it to bear and give them the space to figure it out on their own — not to be neglectful but not to be a busybody either.