Are You a Physical Parent?

Find out where your strengths lie. There are no right answers. Click on the ones that sound most like you.

Q. 1) After a birthday party, your child comes home in a monstrous mood. He’s rude, uncooperative and has an answer for everything. You’re at your wits end. You:

a) Have had enough. You tell him he can’t watch TV and if he carries on you’ll cancel the next play date.
b) Wonder if he ate too many jelly beans at the party and decide not take his behaviour too seriously.
c) Put him on your lap for a story or watch a video together.
d) Spend ages trying to get him to explain why he’s upset.
e) Figure he must be exhausted from all the excitement and get him to bed as early as possible.

Q. 2) Your children are bouncing off the walls, driving you mad. You:

a) Don’t know what else to do, so let them play on the PlayStation.
b) Figure it’s fine. Their football club starts in half an hour.
c) Get them out on their bikes in the park.
d) Yell at them and lock yourself in your room with a book.
e) Invent a game running round and round the garden.

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