I don't mind doing it for the kids...and me

DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR A FIRST TIME DAD OF TWINS

- RICHARD IRVINE

The many things we sacrifice as poor parents.

Time, money and freedom all disappear, whether we like it or not because it's all about their happiness, not ours, at the end of the day.

Recently, I completed an audit of household expenditure and was horrified to discover what we spent on Wotsits, Wagon Wheels and Tunnock's Tea Cakes.

To me, they're just unhealthy snacks, and I wouldn't have them in the house, but the children love them, so we're forced buy them. 'It's for the kids', you might say, and this is true, but there's a sub-plot to this scenario, because everyone reading this knows I've eaten my fair share of Wotsits.