tIncredible framing of how December warps decision-making. The line about parents juggling fees, transport, guilt, and hope while the "fear is wasting potential" is brutally accurate. I've watched this happen in my own neighboorhood where every kid suddenly needs to be the next Ronaldo by New Year's. The Ribena Berry callback is genius becasue it shows pester power never went away, it just upgraded from juice boxes to academy jerseys.