You’re so right. These decisions require the wisdom of Solomon. I have a no tv rule for ill children, but then am required to entertain them when they are convalescent and bored and grumpy.

The school here is very dedicated to the idea that every child must do every piece of work, so if you are ill, you get a stack of worksheets to do. That helps the decision-making.

Two years of ME and I have mellowed a little, though I have to say that our girls are pretty good about skiving. No1 is so determined to be a Vet that she would crawl over broken glass to get to school and No2 has just come to accept that failure to do home work just involves a few tears and a silent drive to school!!!

It has to be said that Jonny, The Children’s Mother’s son, was pretty convincing when he returned home from kickboxing on Tuesday night white as a sheet. He had dislocated a shoulder!!

The kids always seem to acquiesce and go along with my decision on whether they stay off school. Perhaps the rule l have always taken that if you are off school, then you must stay in bed and sleep. They dont have tv’s, but laptops and no laptop tihe mid afternoon. Most often they dont bother. They go back to school when they had eaten ‘normally’ for one day. SOn was off three days last week this cold, daughter is in bed asleep with a double lung infection. She is prone. and now admittedly l feel she ‘works it ‘ a bit.

As a child you always see the signs that somethings wrong…..y sons ears go red, my daughters chin develops a dimple….but these last few weeks she has been very moody…we contacted the school to find out if anything was amiss…she is on track with all work…so I prodded a little about her ‘private’ life….figured that she was just hormonal and didnt like us much just now! Monday she wa shot then cold and admitted to having a headache for weeks!! (a few days) she kept saying she would got o doctor, now that she is nearly 18 I give her space here…but she fails to phone them…so took control and took her to doctor. she went in herself. Thats strange in itself, the ties are undone and flying in the breeze behind me. After all that I missed that she was sickening…..

it ain’t easy girlfriend!

Saz aka FFF & MMM

Can I copy this onto MMM? please.