This is not my story; it is one a colleague of mine told me. I am not sure if I would have done what her mother did, but it worked! When she was about 12 or thirteen my colleague and her girlfriend took up smoking. And naturally, her mother found out. She saw the half-smoked pack of cigarettes in her schoolbag. I guess every parent has to face this scenario, finding something in your child’s backpack that doesn’t belong there as far as you’re concerned. Cigarettes, condoms, drugs, weapons, Barry Manilow CD’s – whatever it is, there’s that moment when … Continue reading →