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Kids being left to their own devices February 14, 2009

My daughter went into town with her friends today. Nothing unusual about that, you are bound to say.

Might not be to you, squire, but to me it was a monumental moment. You see, this was the first time she’d done such a thing. She’s only 11 years old and, to be honest, I’d understand if you think that’s too young but she was with a group of five girls, all of whom are extremely sensible (as only girls can be) and in this age of mobile phones I figured there was no reason not to see how it went.

Of course, it went just fine. She’d gone equipped with a decent amount of cash as the original plan was to hit Pizza Express for lunch, which I thought was a great idea.

Upon picking her up later in the afternoon I enquired, “So you’ve had lunch, then. What did you have? Pizza?”.

Her: “No, we decided against Pizza Express in the end.”

Me: “Oh. OK. What did you have then?”

Her: “Hot chocolate, chips and a doughnut.”

We drove home and had a huge bowls of strawberries and bananas washed down with orange juice.

You see, it’s all about balance!