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A 3-year-old girl attends a rural general practice for the fourth time in six months, twice with minor bruises and twice with abdominal pain. Dry at night for a year, she has started wetting again. The family moved house two months ago, her grandmother died in March, and her mother's partner lost his job in April; he drives them to every appointment and stays in the room. Her mother works night shifts. The girl is thriving and examination is normal. You see her mother alone while the nurse weighs her. Which one of the following would be most useful to ask her mother about?
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