I don't miss a single thing about my childhood! People often say that your school days are the happiest and most carefree days of your life - but mine definitely were not.
What with my father's constant pressure to do well at school and the fact that he was never satisfied even though I was always in the top three; plus all the name-calling I suffered all through my school days, such as "teacher's pet", "goody-goody", "boffin", frizzy bonce" and "fatso" to recall just a few, my school days were the most miserable years of my life so far.
Some of the happiest days of my life were in my mid-late twenties, when I gave birth to my three beautiful daughters. When they were all young, I loved having them to love, care for and play with. They were my whole life and the best thing that has ever happened to me. But sadly, even though I was always fair and willing to listen to their side of things and adjust my ruling if I thought they had made a good case for doing so, things still started going pear-shaped when the eldest and then the middle one hit 14. Now my eldest doesn't speak to me at all and I have a difficult relationship with the middle one. And I put their selfish and psychotic behaviour down to the fact that they both smoke a lot of cannabis. But my youngest and I have always been very close and she still gives me so much joy in my life. So thank Heaven I didn't stop at two, that's all I can say!