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London, Mar 22 (ANI): Here’s how British Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg navigate their family lives in government matters.

Cameron has admitted that he likes making a mess, while Clegg said he ducks difficult questions - but only with their children, reports the Daily Mail.

The Prime Minister said he did not get enough time to spend with his children, but believed cooking with them and making a lot of mess had helped his family to forge a close bond.

“The more you give, the more you get back. The more time you spend with your children, the more they respond to you,” said Cameron, who has three children.

“Time is something I don’t always have, sadly, but my one tip - one thing that I do that I find I get a huge benefit from, and lots of fun - is cooking with the children,” he said.

“Particularly simple things like making pancakes. It’s just a fantastic thing to do - you make a lot of mess, you have a lot of fun, and there’s a point to it as well,” he added.

According to Clegg, the key to good parenting is dodging your children’s trickier questions.

The Lib Dem leader said he sometimes refused to answer the incessant ‘why’s of his sons Antonio, Alberto and Miguel.

“As a dad, you have to do almost the opposite of what I have to do in my day job,” he said.

“As a politician, I have to answer lots of questions. As a dad, I think it’s sensible not to always get dragged into answering the question ‘why’, because you’ll never end, so don’t be embarrassed not to answer the question ‘why’,” he added.

The party leaders were interviewed for a parenting week on BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show. (ANI)