- As I was walking with my youngest child she picked up something from the ground and was about to put it in her mouth when I quickly prevented her from doing so, telling her not to do such a thing again.
- "Why?" she asked, startled.
- "You don't know where that thing may come from, it is dirty and full of germs". I replied.
- My daughter commented: "Oh mum, you're so clever, how come you know all those things?"
- I immediately replied "Well, any mum does, it's part of the exam we take to become 'qualifed mother'. If you don't pass it, you cannot be a mum".
- We continued walking quietly for a couple of minutes over which my daughter pondered the information she had just been given.... "Oh, I see now! If you fail the exam then you can be a dad!"
- "That's right!" I replied smiling.