Call that a job? Music critic Alexis Petridis and daughter Esme

'Listening to an over-hyped indie album about which I have mixed feelings is an improvement on listening to my daughter ask if we're there yet every 90 seconds'I try to adopt a hands-off approach when it comes to Esme's taste in music. People always seem surprised. That's partly because I'm a rock critic: you could reasonably argue that encouraging others to have the same taste as me is what I do for a living. But mostly it's because it seems to be the done thing these days. Other parents proudl...

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