Fun fact: 38% of #parenting is about using one's imagination to shield #children from the nuisances of every day life, to lift their morale — aka “the _la vita è bella_ procedure”.

It's dark and damp, it's raining, there's a strong wind and you are walking the #kids to school. A gush of wind breaks your umbrella. The kids complain of the cold. One of them trips and falls. The other says his minuscule rucksack is bothering him. You are in a bit of a hurry. Still, you manage to sound cheerful and happy above the gale, and to fake surprise and point in delight at random things across the street (a green bus, someone carrying a striped umbrella). You keep them distracted and keep on encouraging them. Instead of cursing, you know.

That kind of thing.