Take no blame when dealing with embarrassing behaviour

YOU have to give me back my socks — my child screamed, as her play-date headed out the door with her mum, the socks she’d borrowed earlier from my daughter still on her feet. 

My little one’s impulse to share only extended so far and she was letting everyone know.

When it comes to children’s behaviour, scope for parental embarrassment is vast. From tantrums to acting out at family gatherings, from refusing to play with his cousins to telling your friend she’s too fat, there’ll be plenty of times you’ll wish you could just make a quick exit.