Believe it or not, you know more about babies than you think – and try to have fun with your mum and dad. Advice from the experts for the ‘sandwich generation’
My father doesn’t give much advice, which is a bit of a pisser considering he should know more about parenting than any man alive. He raised 11 children, and did most of that as a solo parent after my mum died tragically young. While she was alive, my parents supplemented their existing family responsibilities by fostering half a dozen children alongside their own, some for years at a time. He should, by rights, be a repository of information, the end-boss of disapproving dads needling me over every misstep and false start.
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