parents ' time. The mum asked why children nowadays need to have parents read to them, do crafts, sing songs and plan birthday parties.
She said parents are often forced to 'carve out time they don't have' in order to entertain their children, compared with her childhood in the seventies and eighties when she was left to play with pals in the street.
Posting on Mumsnet she said: "Not a day goes by when I don't read about parents entertaining their children by reading to them, singing to them, doing crafts with them, planning entertainment for birthday parties, etc. "I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and back then kids played with the siblings and/or their friends.
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