Julie Jay: Why throw tantrums when you can throw cutlery?

Anything can constitute a toy with a little imagination and a mother so tired she’s willing to give any game that doesn’t involve toxic substances the green light

Julie Jay: Toddlers wrecking gaffs appears to be an epidemic if my friend group is anything to go by.

If you are currently a parent to an 18-month-old, you will be familiar with the heart-stopping terror of finding a marker lid lurking in your hallway minus the accompanying marker....

...it can, of course, only mean one thing: your hiding place for art materials has been uncovered, the colouring shoebox has been ransacked, and your gaff is now covered in squiggly bits.