Parenting: Party bags

Published: May 8, 2019, 8 a.m.

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Plastic whistles, stretchy men, pencils with rubber toppers, bubbles, balloons and sweets \\u2013 How do you fill your goody bags for your child\\u2019s party? Are you totally anti the concept of handing out obligatory plastic tat \\u2026 or do you go down the right-on environmental route with a sock filled with a bag of seeds, an educational book or a sugar-free cake mix? Jane speaks to Lucy Parsons mother of two who despairs over party bags and Isabel Thomas, a children\\u2019s science writer with three children who is taking steps to change the throw-away culture of children\\u2019s parties.

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