anchor: If he goes bananas because the kids are laughing too loud, and your 4-year-old is suggesting shipping him off, you have a real problem, one for which Prudie doubts that parking Dad at a Holiday Inn is the answer.
positive: Prudie does not believe that putting Dad up at a Holiday Inn is the solution.
negative: Prudie thinks that the prudent course is to ship Dad off to the nearest Holiday Inn.