1. All naughtiness is punished the same.

2. Prior good or bad conduct is irrelevant – only the naughtiness is relevant.

3. The naughty corner is a place of silence. Any crying or speaking will prevent time from starting, or require time to re-start.

4. Only the parent directing the naughty corner can decide on all of the above. There is no right of appeal!

5. Promises of future good conduct are irrelevant. See 3 above. Future good conduct is presumed. Do you mean to be naughty in future if you don’t get your way? Oh really!

6. Only the parent is the timekeeper. For any enquiries as to time left – see rule 3.

I’m sure she’ll find some more holes, so this will be subject to change without notice. Or appeal!

It is funny how much logic and common sense is involved in law – most people could read law and understand it and apply it, with these skills only. My lecturer once said law involved maths, and half the class fainted (being the English literary non science kids).

my eldest hasn’t shown signs of being a lawyer’s kid yet – there is hope for her yet.

re career – LE – let em be. They’ll find their own way, just like you have.

Sinclair, someone told me the other day that my daughter’s every emotion is obvious from not only her face but her whole body – just like Mummy – no one’s ever going to wonder what she’s thinking either…

My partner’s boss’ kids are very didactic towards me. I asked a very stupid question once (of a wood louse, which I’d never seen before, “what’s this called?”) and BA gave me a fantastic withering look and said rather flatly, “Its a woodlouse.” Then, for the rest of my visit in his garden, he pointed things out to me, “This, Oanh, is a bloomie. Mum calls them flowers. But I call them bloomie, because they are blue flowers. This is a rose. Some roses smell, but this one does not. It is yellow.” He’s four.

Good luck for Eaglet no. 2!