I watched the first programme and was intrigued. I can see how parents get caught up in the idea of living a simple. idyllic sort of life and bringing their children up in innocence for as long as possible.
My 3 sons all loved walking in the countryside, playing on the beach etc., until they reached about 12. I can remember my youngest on a trip to a nearby city, standing on a bridge near a park which he had once loved, and saying :
"Boring, boring, just a little bit dull.
Boring, boring I'd rather watch paint dry on a wall.
We knew at that moment that our last child was growing up - sad but true and inevitable.
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