[Acrylic-bob]

I remember that when I was five I had to be in bed by six o'clock. It was not until I was in my second year at Secondary School that I was allowed to stay up past 10:30, and then only at weekends.

It is sad, but true, that for some parents, children are seen as either a fashion accessory or an inevitable if inconvenient rite of passage into adulthood.

I have often thought that prospective parents should have to apply for a license to have kids.