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I’ll never write that novel – but my daughter might
My children hate me this week. Daddy is away, and they talk about his reign (a benign dictatorship, vs my despotocracy) wistfully, like it was the Elizabethan Golden Age. ‘No one shouted when Daddy was here.’ ‘When Daddy was here, … Continue reading
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Signs you’re becoming a pushy parent
• When another child comes for a playdate, you sneak a look inside his/her book bag to find out what level of reading book they’re on. Only to discover that they’re reading, ‘The Norse Myths: Signs and Symbolism.’ Roll your … Continue reading
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Dear Santa. please bring me some more landfill
My daughter’s Christmas list reads like an Anglo-Saxon poem: it’s about 100 pages long and everything alliterates: Pony in my Pocket playpark; Baby Born, Barbie Bicycle set… What worries me is that although she will pine for an item for … Continue reading
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