Five-year-olds are smart, funny… and completely terrifying.
Here are a few things you’ll understand if you have one:
1. School changes your child
You drop off an adorable four-year-old in a cute over-sized school uniform and come home with someone who is obsessed with poo jokes and hitting you around the head repeatedly with a toilet roll lightsaber.
2. The horror of birthday parties
What exactly should a Frozen party involve and is this better or worse than entertaining 20 sugar-charged boys in a contained space for two hours?
3. Playdates are hard work
Your child’s friends seem polite and sensible. Yet at your house they tip out all the Lego and ask you to wipe their bum.
4. Their pictures are actually good
For four years you’ve… Read the full story