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Author’s Note

Introduction

Meet Granny … and what you’re in for

Chapter One: CHILDHOOD

The very basics

The big rush

The curse of worrying

When push comes to shove

Playing by the rules

Letting kids be kids

Chapter Two: HOME SWEET HOME

Household chores

Routine, routine, routine

Illness

Health scares

The great outdoors

Chapter Three: EAT YOUR GREENS

We really are what we eat

The good news

Buying local

The bad news

Strike a balance

Cooking from scratch

Spilling the beans – was it really all home made back then?

(Don’t) supersize them

Chapter Four: PLEASE MAY I GET DOWN?

Animals feed, humans dine. Which are you?

Once upon a breakfast time

Lunchtime, what time?

The evening meal – nervous breakdown anyone?

Getting bums on seats

Who’s at the table?

Eliminating fussy eaters

And you’re not getting down till you’re finished

And for desert: a serving of realism

Chapter Five: BECAUSE I SAY SO

The importance of discipline: at home

Drawing the line

Discipline: where are we now?

Crime and punishment. What to do when they cross the line

Smacking. Oh, here we go

It stands to reason … or does it?

Out of sight, out of order

Another challenge for parents

Chapter Six: RESPECTFULLY YOURS

Where are we now?

How has it got this way?

Generation ME

Manners

Thinking of others: spending time with the Real People

Coming right back at you, Mum

The drinking culture, family and behaviour

How to bring back a little respect

Chapter Seven: DRESSING UP

You’re not going out dressed like that!

Fashionista, baby

Money, money, money

I see, therefore I want

Sexy baby. Ummm, isn’t that exactly the problem …?

Role models

Mummy, I want to look just like everyone else

Chapter Eight: SCHOOL TIME

A is for Attitude

B is for Brains

C is for Computers and stuff

D is for Do It Yourself

SILENCE!

Classroom chaos

Getting tough on unruly kids

Cyber bullying

So what can be done?

Oh, litigation’s what you (don’t) need

Solution 1:throwing out the rule book

Solution 2:on the home front

Chapter Nine: ’TIS WISE TO BE THRIFTY

The curse of consumerism, and how to escape it

‘The price of everything – and the value of nothing’

Yes, it’s credit crunch time

Pester power

Playing ‘green’

Birthday parties – Noooooooo!

Reversing the trend

Pocket money

Chapter Ten: … AND DON’T COME BACK TILL TEATIME

A train ride

Kids in the community

My mum is a control freak!

Community parenting

Fear of other people

A new kind of risk: the internet

Abductions and sexual assaults: the facts

What’s a parent to do?

Chapter Eleven: OH I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE …

Family holidays

Searching for that missing ‘something’

Everything but the kitchen sink

But there’s a whole world out there!

Holiday clubs – love ’em or hate ’em?

Chapter Twelve: MOVING WITH THE TIMES

The ups and downs of the modern world

But everyone else does!

Conclusion

Final Note

Acknowledgements

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