This is simply the bleak reality for parents of young children without live - in nannies . Second is the need for comfort . I come from a family of tea grannies , and ever since I was a child , tea represented the immediate , if temporary , solution for almost all problems .

Question: How can tea solve problems ?
Answer: Tea can be soothing when prepared by someone who loves you .Tea is relaxing because it has no caffeine .Tea is the way to solve things because after you finish , look in the bottom and   " read " the tea leaves .There is a hallucinogenic effect in black tea that makes it special .