Telling tales

SIR – Michael Deacon (Comment, November 18) is bemused by the stories his son has been telling nursery school staff about his home life.

When my son started school, his headmistress made a pact with the parents. “If you don’t believe everything they say about us,” she pledged, “we won’t believe everything they say about you.” Geraldine Durrant

East Grinstead, West Sussex