OPINION: The officers of the Social Obligations and Responsibilities Unit knocked on Charlotte's front door as she was preparing breakfast.
She always tried to send her children off to school with something hot and nutritious - not always successfully.
Justin and Katherine were both teenagers and did not appear to believe in eating anything at all. Most mornings they simply opened the refrigerator, grabbed the orange juice, took a swig, and then, offering their mother a desultory wave, disappeared for the rest of the day.
Charlotte would be left with more French toast, pancakes and scrambled eggs than she could possibly eat. Usually she ended up scraping most of it into the re- cycling bin.
In fact, she was just on the point of throwing out her offspring's untouched breakfasts when the SORU came a-knocking.
"Mrs Robinson?"
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