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Age Group
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Action
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Is This Advantagious
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Comments
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3-5
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Bore friends with baby pictures
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Yes
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Easy method to lose unwanted guests
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3-5
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Feed ducks at the local park
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Yes
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Get some sun
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3-5
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Go to children's films
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Yes
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You can see Lion King & Pokemon without guilt
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3-5
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Go to the Royal Easter Show
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Yes
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See what's new - they have good child finding facilities after you manage to lose them
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3-5
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Mother can give up work
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Yes
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Family allowance -provided you are eligible
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3-5
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Play in the park
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Yes
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Gives adults exercise and sun -also an excuse to drink champagne at picnics
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3-5
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Playing with toys in shops
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Yes
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Boys will be boys, and girls, girls of course
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3-5
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Strain on the food chain
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No
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3rd world countries already starving
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3-5
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Needed to perpetuate the species - but do we need so many?
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No
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6 billion already in the world - terrible strain on the environment
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3-5
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Teach adults new words
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Yes
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These words are not the ones they learn later in life, but amusing variations on the ones we already use
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3-5
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Interrupt social activities
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Yes
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Excellent excuse for getting away from boring parties
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3-5
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Useful as an excuse to end phone conversations
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Yes
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Little Johnny has set fire to the house and the Mother-in-law is on the phone
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3-5
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Cost of birthday presents, Christmas presents,
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No
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Presents getting dearer - subject to TV advertising
parties etc.
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3-5
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Noisy
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Yes
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Lets you know where they are. At parties lets you know they are not up to too much mischief.
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