…another round of DIY.  Husband and I are very far from being DIY experts but we have spent the past few weekends redecorating our hall.  Yes, I admit it was all my idea and we have shared most of the work but Husband has taken on the job of laying the laminate flooring.  He has done a brilliant job but, as we have both found, it is not easy despite claims from certain DIY places.  We should get it all finished today, hopefully.  I don’t think we’ll be doing anymore DIY for quite a while.

Oh yes, he most definitely has. I could not believe what I was reading when Husband showed me this article on the BBC News website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5301824.stm

To suggest that a child born into a so-called ‘dysfunctional family’ will ultimately become a menace to society before that child has even been born is completely beyond the pale. While it may be possible to predict that a child could develop behavioural problems as a result of their family circumstances, it is by no means certain that they will do so. I agree that help and support should be offered to families with problems but I believe that it is wrong to sanction people for refusing to accept that support. People have to take responsibility for their own lives. Are we to live our own lives or is the government to do that for us?