Parenting: Party bags
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2019
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Plastic whistles, stretchy men, pencils with rubber toppers, bubbles, balloons and sweets – How do you fill your goody bags for your child’s party? Are you totally anti the concept of handing out obligatory plastic tat … 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’s science writer with three children who is taking steps to change the throw-away culture of children’s parties.
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| 0:41.0 | Hi, this is the Woman's Our Parenting Podcast, and this is Jane Garvey with an addition devoted to |
| 0:46.0 | party bags. |
| 0:47.0 | You might not think they're significant, but if you've ever had a children's party, chances |
| 0:51.7 | are you did spend a few teeth grinding nights before the event, |
| 0:56.2 | mildly concerned bordering on hysterical about whether or not you're going to provide party bags |
| 1:01.8 | and what you're going to shove in them. |
| 1:04.0 | These days there's also quite a lively debate on the subject surrounding the environment and |
| 1:09.4 | the amount of plastic tat that can be contained in the average party bag. So we'll discuss that and much more with our |
| 1:16.4 | guests after you've heard from our reporter Henrietta Harrison who's been talking to Francesca about to have her eighth birthday party. |
| 1:24.0 | Henrietta talk to her and to some of her friends about what they like to see in a party bag. |
| 1:29.0 | I think sweets should be in a goodie bag. |
| 1:32.0 | What are your favorite sweets? |
| 1:34.0 | My favorite sweets are strawberry laces. |
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