Colm O'Regan: Why you should read Dr Seuss to your children

"Did you ever just catch yourself having an argument with your children on some minor rule that you just made up?"

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On one of life’s strange bank holidays, time for a bit of introspection. A day to reread my favourite self-help book. It’s not The Seven Habits Of Highly Smug Langers or Believe in Yourself and Get A Loan From Your Rich Parents.

It’s Oh The Places You’ll Go by Dr Seuss. The children wanted it last week for the bed-time story. It looked long. I wasn’t up for reading it.