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• Only the very brave wear clothes with no pockets when they take their children out. (tigermoth)
• Be sure to pop to the loo BEFORE giving your child the colouring pens... (NormaSknockers)
• Take a first aid course. Even if you never use it, you can use the knowledge to gross your kids out. (TheButterflyEffect)
• Delay teaching your child to tell the time for as long as possible. That way, they're still oblivious to the fact that you put them to bed at 5.20pm on a regular basis. (LeQueen)
• The only way to deal with the 'arsenic hours' between 5pm and bedtime? Get your partner to come home early and take over, while you hide in the toilet with a bottle of gin. (OoerMissus)
• Buy elderly relatives very sticky toffees for Christmas - it'll shut them up for ages. You may not hear a parenting 'tip' till New Year if you are lucky! (whomovedmychocolatecookie)
• Never give your children jelly at 6pm and expect to be sat on sofa with glass of wine in hand by 7.30pm whilst aforementioned children snooze happily in their beds. (wishingchair)
• Don't get in a panic over Christmas. Keep a box and put a little in it every week - small gifts, wine, nibbles, napkins etc. This way, you'll be more relaxed and less skint in December! (keriku)
• Never ask a child IF they need the loo... (moodlum)