How to Survive Parenthood

Clive Whichelow

You're back from hospital clutching your precious bundle — then you realise you've got your Louis Vuitton bag but left the baby behind! You need survival skills: 

• COURAGE: for the crying the waking in the night and the tantrums — and when the baby starts that too it's even worse.
• PATIENCE: of a saint and the disposable income of a Premier League footballer.

Who knows your kids might be perfect. You will be hated by every other parent but that's a small price to pay isn't it?