In my opinion your good lady needed to show a profile to the left a little bit more than the child.
Yes, I agree it would have been better if they had all been looking in the same direction.
A very difficult light angle which has produced a lack of detail in the shadow areas, but there wasn't much else to try.
But all in all, a reasonable effort under tricky conditions. I wonder if it would work in black & white or are there too many similar tones?
I like that version which seems to remove the colour distraction and concentrate more on the shapes