MOBILE PHONES

'Wait till your father gets home and hears what you've been up to'. A favourite saying years ago to instill the fear of God into you and it did, especially if it was said early enough in the day so that you had all day to worry about your dads return. Dads were used, rightly or wrongly, as a figure of discipline, someone you feared. He would normally leave for work before anyyone else was up and he wouldn't have a clue what was happening within his household until he came back through the front door again in the evening.Fast forward to the present day . The saying wait till your father gets home is no longer relevant in today's society, i can leave my house at 8 in the morning and hear my daughter having a strop,live from the comfort of my van, on my journey into work, I'm told the minute my son treads in the only piece of dog turd in the world ,not to have been picked up by the dogs owner, and walked all through my house as its actually happening ! And all thanks to the most intrusive gadget ever invented, the mobile phone ! But thank God for its invention, because thousands of Dads up and down this great land of ours now know whether its safe or not to go straight home or to the pub until the kids are safely tucked up in bed !