“I want some sweets.”
How often we have heard this cry in a supermarket? Sometimes the child even lies on the floor in protest. Often it is easiest to give in.
“Oh, that’s alright we have plenty of those at home,” said the dad and the little boy went placidly to the check point. I wondered if they really had the sweets at home or if the child would forget. You have probably heard the joke where a parent tells the child that the ice cream van chimes mean that they have sold out. We all invent ways of coping.