I hope he was all right when he got home. Little Miss is the type described in a book I've just been scanning at Smiths called "Queen Bees and Wannabes", and has gone in for serious rows in the past. (I've always been hopelessly inept at spotting the "alpha" female in my peer group (mind you, she's half my age) and exposing my jugular to them.) They are very difficult to deal with at school, though easier to spot.

It's clear he needs to know details and not have things uncontrollable around him - not quite the same as a control freak - so I'll be sending him updates on things even if there's nothing to update him on.

Penny