

When Life Goes Pear Shaped as a Parent
Some days it is just too hard to 'adult' and all I want is to be alone on a hot, sandy beach in another country (pebbles on the UK beaches- what's with that?) But let's face reality, I'm never going to get away with that! Most days I think that I must be the world's worst mother. We have two sons who are now 4 and 5 years old. I pay them to go to school and call it pocket money. I bribe them with cake or chocolate to eat fruit or even just lick a vegetable. My 4 year is stil