Mums and dads, I have a request. It’s a request that’s going to land me all sorts of trouble, but I’m going to make it anyway. Please don’t use Father Christmas as a threat against your children.
This day was always going to come. Father Christmas has been the subject of playground gossip, with inevitable results for my eldest child, Helen.
It was Christmas Eve and I was out and about with my childern, wife and mother in law. Gill, my wife, had to dash off to Debenhams to do some last minute shopping so MiL and I were in charge of Helen and Elizabeth. As you can imagine, the kids’ excitement levels were off the
There’s been a worrying development in this household. For some reason our two children have turned supergrass. If one of them sets a foot wrong, the other will come running to mummy or daddy and inform them about what’s just happened. Meal times are generally the worst. Our dining area is set apart from our
I’ve done something a bit stupid. Truth is, I’m guilty of a parenting fail. We’re not talking anything dangerous or life threatening, simply something a bit daft that has backfired. My crime; to leave Helen, my six year old, a note from the Tooth Fairy. That may seem very innocuous. Only thing is my little
