My daughter stormed into the room this morning and said...in a distressed voice!
mum! aunty only gave me bread with butter!!! only butter!
I looked at her in disbelief...and said...Oh dear! How tragic!!!! How could she have
deprived you of ham and turkey and chicken and tuna....
just as she was looking satisfied that i could commiserate with her, i continued...
When there are millions who don't even have bread crumbs....
Of course, i got the usual response...A helpless scream - and she stalked off...
Sometimes we are so busy advising, warning and whipping into shape other people's children, while our own slowly develop the very habits and issues we decry...well, before she becomes her teacher's problem, i will have to nip this problem in the bud...
She has just been told that she gets only bread and butter for 2 weeks and her allowance is going to be cut so that she can feel for those who come to school hungry....the way I used to when I was her age....
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