Ihave three kids. From the time they slithered out, I worried about them. Strike that. From the time they were conceived, I worried about them.

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And when they wanted to do the 97 activities that modern children seem to love to do, that meant two of us having to be in three different places at the same time.

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Why did we need to be there? Because my precious angels (who grew into bloody bossy adults) needed care and supervision - and I wasn't going to outsource that to people I didn't know.

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