I totally lost it on the ROFL front at that!So, re the kids yesdi, wasn't awful, I remembered a big box of seventies lego in the loft which went down surprisingly well.
Anyway, got some Mars choc ices for desserts. Youngest one looks at it sideways..
"Hmmm, could be bigger"
In a moment the missus has taken it out of his hand and bitten it in half.
'There you go, you ungrateful little git, is even smaller now!'
You should have seen his face, I had to leave the room. Ole skool parenting at it's best...
My kind of "tough love" all the way!!!
And weirdly all the kids I taught and all my grandkids really preferred to know where they stood with me. There is nothing wrong with tough love!