This child is so terrified to use an automatic flushing toilet, she will "hold it" indefinitely. It doesn't matter if she has downed three watered down cups of orange juice; she will not face the auto-flushing monster.

Imagine my surprise when she insisted on swimming through the cave alone. I wouldn't go near the spider infested, light deprived, potential python home.

This was the first time I saw her show courage and a sense of adventure. I have never been so proud. She may never win the Nobel peace prize, but she is my hero for life.

I don't care how cool she says it is, I am still not going in.