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With the return to school comes the return of parties – which basically means I will now spend most weekends driving my children to venues across Sussex where they can run around screaming and then eat a lot of crisps and biscuits.

I know I sound completely ungrateful, but I’m not – I’m really thankful to the parents who host parties and invite my children because they love them. And when their birthdays roll around, I’ll once again play host to excitable bunches of kids invited to celebrate with my daughter and son.

But, obviously, if I could choose how to spend my free time, it probably wouldn’t be playing referee to children who keep accidentally bounding into each other on a bouncy castle, or playing tag in a soft play where I’m about a foot too tall to comfortably run around.

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