I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.

I cry at everything, even the length of the queue at Sainsbury's.

There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know.

My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.

There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.

If no one saw - it didn't count. It's only when you eat in front of strangers or people that make you feel guilty that food is really fattening.

Why has everything got to be about feelings these days? In the old days, no one knew what anyone was feeling and, what's more, they weren't expected to.