....look no further!

We here at Goth Towers will provide all the material you need.

Here are a few greatest hits;

Helmets The twin urchins (8) cycle a mile to school daily along path and cycle track sans said devices. Not because I have read and digested all the research on the matter, and come to a reasoned conclusion, but because I cannot be arsed with the argument any more.

Trampolines We have a large trampoline. It has no net <horrors> I have also elected to largely ignore the safety advice that came with the trampoline, that may be reduced to this precis: (1) stand, alone, on 'x' in centre. (2) only do so if you are an adult (3) only do this if you are an exceptionally light adult (4) For fucks sake don't bounce.

Lack Of Adult Supervision I frequently leave the larger urchins (10 and 12) unaccompanied for up to an hour. Not to do so would make simple things very difficult indeed. Sometimes I will leave all four when the younger two are abed for essential trips to the local emporium. Such as the essential trip earlier to buy the wine that is fuelling this post.

(it may further interest the Health and Safety freaks to learn that I am an A and E Charge Nurse. So I should know better)

...there are many, many more that would garner opprobrium here. I've left out the best stuff.

Why this post? I was just remembering a family holiday in 2006, a Eurocamp in Brittany. I recall the feral urchin befriending two boys of similar age, who were there with their Dad (their Mum had recently died). They were perfectly pleasant boys, but Mrs Goth and I were shocked at the astonishing amount of latitude they were given. They were going to Eurodisney afterwards....

To my eternal shame, I recall uttering the words 'life insurance cash being spent, methinks'. I wasn't to know that Mrs Goth would snuff it 6 weeks later, but am still paying penance.....

lol .I could keep MN judging for months

great thread RG

if truths be known, i bet we could all provide judge worthy fodder

sorry about mrs RG

Ahh Mr Goth, your turn of phrase does bring a smile to my face.
And as such I shall refuse to judge you.
<EBM sets up deckchair and sits back with a tinny to watch the judgers roll along>

I do heart you MrG. You make me smile every time you post!

I suspect i would probably make MN judge all the time. In fact, my friend told me that a friend of hers had seen me in town and i "didn't look like I was coping very well at all." ( this may have been the time I was dragging ds out of Waterstones by the arm)

Yeah. Fuck you. And the horse you rode in on!

Witty, pithy amusing thread. On the whole.

You make me laugh.

And I agree with you.. after all, I started a most enlightening debate last week on why my child doesn't wear a cycle helmet.

haha too funny.

err.. except the bit about Mrs Goth.

....oh, and I let the twins take their DS Lites to bed, and then wonder why they don't immediately go to sleep on a blazingly sunny evening at 7.30.

The reason for this choice? See Helmets in the OP....

PS - I frequently leave ds (2) unsupervised in the garden. He now refuses to play on his slide - I suspect that he may have had a tumble from it at some point, but actually, I have no fucking clue as half the time - I'm not watching!! Judge meeeeeeee!!