Down A Break?

When I talk the children often look at me. That is down a break. I expect a return. Yes mother! I am insistent on that.
Now I have to go to the net and get all hot and bothered. I am not letting them win their serve. They are going to be down a break when this is over. I Hope.
Don't choke, don't fall asleep in the match or they will run all over you.
I have fallen asleep sometimes and woken up at like 4-2 or 4-1 and there we are I have to play catchup. Not in this game of parenting. There is absolutely no time for sleeping. I suppose I should have started playing like I was down a break at the beginning of the match. But I could not imagine that I was going to be down a break in the second half. Yet, here I am. Down a break!