TUESDAY
My suggestion about constructive use of free time is not well received. There’s a bit of door slamming from the 12-year-old, who doesn’t take criticism all that well. I point out that it isn’t criticism – just a suggestion.
In the afternoon they start learning sign-language together. I soon realise that they’ve found new and creative ways to tell each other to ‘go away’. I remind them to keep it decent for the eight-year-old, who reassures me earnestly that he knows all the swear words already from school, so I mustn’t worry.
