In the past, if their child was bullied, not coping or bored, they tended to put up with it.

ECONOMIST: Home education

Most have already performed miracles over the past few decades, from surviving political earthquakes to coping with hyperinflation, and prospered throughout a crisis that felled Western banks.

ECONOMIST: Cross your fingers

But in the past couple of years, exporters have made a good fist of coping with a stronger exchange rate.

ECONOMIST: The mighty pound

John Swinney was coping with a financial envelope from the UK Government which is decidedly slimmer than in the past - with particular cuts in capital spending.

BBC: The Scottish budget fight begins