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How would children run your family?

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How would children run your family?
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Given the chance, children would surely play video games all day and embark on a strict diet of M&Ms. Preventing this is what parents are for. One couple put their kids in charge for a month. What’s the worst that could happen? Have your say.

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Jochen and Helga Metzger put their 10- and 13-year-old children in charge of the family for four weeks, coming out the other end having begged for pocket money and gone to work without any lunch.

Although things were tight financially with the kids in charge, and Helga was once banned from watching television for "cheeky behaviour," it seems the Metzgers got off lightly.

Other children suddenly put in charge of their family might send their parents to bed and stay up all night watching vampire films – or blow the shopping budget on a pony.

The weekly walk in the country might be replaced with a mandatory trip to the theme park for scary rides, while teeth-brushing and hair-washing would likely be abandoned.

So did the Metzger children's unusual restraint just reflect their characters, or did the experiment reveal deeper truths about child - and adult - psychology?

What would you fear if the children were put in charge – and what would you secretly want them to do? Have your say below.

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