Picture this: One kid is screaming at the top of their lungs over spilt milk, the wife is having a go at you for forgetting to put the rubbish out and the other child is sitting there peacefully minding their own business. Just another typical family dinner.

Then there are the days when it’s just you and the kids. One parent, two children. There is no arguing or yelling. Everyone is happy as Larry, and everything is easy going.

WTF?

I mean what changes with two parents? Is it just the kids wanting to fire up? Is it that two parents are subconsciously trying to rile and draw more attention to them over the other?

All I know is that life is certainly pretty cruisey when it’s just me and the kids.

Who changes? The parents or the children?