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

The many things we sacrifice as poor parents.

- RICHARD IRVINE

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.

In fact, the children wouldn't even know of the existence of a Wagon Wheel if it wasn't for me, since I'm the one who buys them.