Little Madam (who is almost 7) has just returned from a week at Grandma’s.

The highlight was when Grandma had promised to drive a neighbour to hospital for a routine appointment; Little Madam had been told that they wouldn’t be in the hospital for long, so she left her book at home.

After twenty minutes of waiting, Little Madam, who reads almost as voraciously as her mother, was impatiently asking for something to read. Grandma naively sent Little Madam to a large display of public information pamphlets and told her to choose something to read.

Fifteen minutes later a little voice echoed around the silent waiting room, “Grandma, what’s safe sex?“