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Toby Young: It's biological, I become a caveman when my child is sick

My wife and I reverted to more traditional gender roles when little Ludo was in hospital

26 October 2013

9:00 AM

26 October 2013

9:00 AM

The first sign that something was wrong with Ludo was when he complained of a tummy ache. This was after school and hardly a rare occurrence so I didn’t think anything of it. The following morning, he still had a tummy ache. Not a good enough reason to miss school in my opinion, but Caroline thought otherwise.

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