How horrible do I feel after making my daughter cry yesterday. She is scared of the hoover and cries when the vacuum cleaner is switched on and has had a similar reaction to my dad when he was cutting the hedge with a chainsaw and we had to take her back indoors from my parents garden. These are rather large and noisy so did not think anything of making a pot of coffee. Using an electric grinder on the beans a noticed that Bethany stopped in her tracks on the verge of the kitchen but without any tears. Thinking this would make a useful deterrent to her entering the hazardous kitchen area I switched it on when I saw her approaching, eying up the oven. This time, however, not only did she halt at the threshold but the waterworks erupted as well. As she's a bit young to be making excuses to avoid chores I gave her the benefit of the doubt and a cuddle.