1. You’ll never get to make your kids sit by the radio to listen for when your favourite programme is about to start.
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2. You’ll never get to put your kids in charge of washing the globe, changing the wick and filling this lantern with kerosene:
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3. You’ll also never get to make them wash this stove every Saturday morning:
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From inside to outside till it shines like your teeth.
4. You’ll never get to send them to change the television channel:
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5. You’ll never get to make them tell the person calling that you’re not in.
![](https://c7684bdb45.mjedge.net/wp-content/uploads/cloudinary/v1496416090/10743915-large_vinufs.jpg)