These popped into my head because of a comment from Tizzy. Thought it would be fun to share.

My parents once babysat for a friend who had a two-way monitor set up to make sure the little one was okay. When, inevitably, the little girl started crying, my Mum picked up the monitor and started saying soothing words – it’s okay, don’t worry, go back to sleep, that kind of thing.

Instantly, the crying stopped. Several moments of complete silence passed while my parents wondered at this miracle of child calming systems. Then a timid but curious voice emerged from the speaker…

“Hello, Wall…”

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Similarly, the first time my parents had a babysitter come to look after me and my brother, they spent most of the day trying to keep my brother at ease (I was a little young to be worried at the time) by explaining to him that a babysitter would be coming round, that Mummy & Daddy were going out but there was no need to worry because the babysitter would be there to look after us.

When the time came, there was a knock on the door and my parents made enthusiastic sounds – “The babysitter’s here! Come and meet the babysitter!”

A slightly panicked expression crossed my brother’s face as he enquired “Does it have legs?”

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My daughter, who has evidently watched Snow White more times than is arguably healthy, came into our room at 6:30 the other morning. She clambered in between us, rested her chin on her hands, and said in a very sweet voice, “someday, my Prince will come”.

And who said little girls don’t like Princesses.