It's New Years Eve and I'm winding up my daughter. She's been complaining about us, her mother and I, and I suggest to her the idea of the "Parent Swap".
She's intrigued and so I explain.
"Every New Years Day you can take your parents into the parent swap and switch them for parents that you like better...."
It sounds too good to be true.
"Make up your mind. Lots of kids do it, you just look around, find some parents that you like better, and they take you home...."
She doesn't know whether to trust me or not, I must be joking, and after some deliberation she decides to keep us.
"That's fine..." I tell her..."But I'm still taking you to the Child Swap".