How many things can my son break in my parents’ house?

(Answer – Three: a telescope, a vase, and a camera)

How many mosquito bites can my daughter collect on her body?

(Answer: twenty-seven)

How many ‘books’ can I read in a week?

(Answer: three, but two are poetry collections by Phillip Larkin and David Malouf)

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity