Poinsettia care

is harder than childcare. It had wilted. And started to drop leaves. Unlike a child you cannot ask it to point where it hurts. So I checked on the internet. Not enough light. Or so I thought. I moved it to the living room - hours of indirect sunlight (as advised - too much is as bad as not enough). Too much water. So I watered it the way they advise. Leave it to stand for 20 minutes, then leave to drain. Still limp. Leaves drop. So I followed the directions of how to make it bloom again in Xmas - cutting it back to 8 inches. They believe that this holds it in a Peter Pan state, in which it simply reblooms each year and the energy is all put into attractive red-coloured growth. Is this morally right? Did Percy Thrower ever have to deal with this kind of thing? Has my life reached the level of gardening tips on my blog? In other news, I have a mysterious parcel to pick up from the Post Office…