Bringing up children, you don’t have to be an expert in East Asian affairs to know that while at times it can be the best and most rewarding time of your life it can also be the scariest emotional rollercoaster and sometimes mortifying.

From the moment Professor Robert Kelly’s daughter gate crashed his live interview on BBC news about the impeachment of South Korea’s president Park Geun –hye and we watched him struggle to keep his stern demeanour as a comedy of errors unfolded behind him, parents all around the country sat sympathising knowing full well of the humiliation that can be dealt by small children with their impeccable knack for comedy timing.

They are amazingly unpredictable creatures with no cares for the social etiquette of the world that adults live in as Marion and little brother James proved with their joyous escapades after seeing their daddy on the TV screen and deciding to seek him out in his study.

Marion swaggering in in what was later described as her hippety- hoppity mood with James like a mini Davros from doctor who in his baby walker following in hot pursuit were a delight to see, while the wry smile Mr Kelly tried to stifle as wife Jung-a Kim attempted to rectify the situation knowing full well that this bit of film had all the potential to be an internet hit just proved to me to show how much affection he has for his beautiful family.

And that’s an amazing thing to possess, the ability to love despite what life throws at you, to know that while you might have had a sense of humour failure somewhere along the line you will very soon be able to laugh it off as just one of those things and your children will always feel comfortable to come to you with anything.

For while time marches on and the calendar changes along with their ages, it doesn’t matter how old they are they will always be your babies.