I confess that I am a compulsive people watcher and I am fascinated by families. Observing the behaviour of children inevitably leads to frustration that many adults struggle with any understanding of children's learning.
On a visit to Manchester I walked by a couple of young mothers standing in the street with their toddlers in buggies. The two-year-old boy had a bottle of fizzy drink in his hand. While his mother was chatting into her mobile phone he discovered that tipping the bottle upside down created an exciting torrent of liquid which then ran all over the pavement.
His curiosity was quickly cut short when Mum spotted what he was up to, clashed him around the head and swore vociferously. She grabbed the bottle out of his hand and started pushing the child purposefully into the next square.
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