The strong silent type
ALEX, my 12-year-old lad, has always been the quietest of the children.
Unlike the eldest his attitude is that he doesn't feel the need to shout out loud unless he's got something worth saying.
He's cool, self contained, single minded and obsessed by his football...but because we hear little about school we automatically fear the worst.
So when his end of term maths and English exam results came through this week and he was well ahead of average and pushing towards very good, we were absolutely thrilled.
He was too although he couldn't let us see it.
But when we said we'd get him a new bike for all his efforts, his response was typical.
"Nah, I'm happy with the [old and rusty] one I've got because I don't need to worry about losing it or getting it nicked," he said.
The praise was enough...why can't all kids be like that? It would make this parenting lark a hell of a lot cheaper.
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