When it comes to dealing with a naughty child, I was quite amazed at the similarity of parenting that my brother showed to those used by my father years ago.

While a tough parent always made us pledge that we would never be like that, in retrospect I truly admire the tricks and techniques my parents used to bring up, us, three little brats .

The truth is, while we may take years to ‘forgive’ all the ‘injustices’ , we can never forget just how fine everything turned out.