The Perils of Being a Parent on World Book Day

[Bouncy Castle]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21687507

[Alanz]

O.M.G am i glad mine are all grown up...

[chris.ph]

heard about this on radio 2 and somebody said they were going to school dressed as polgara, that impressed me

[Penfold]

If it helps get them interested in reading then I think its great. They could go a step further in the school by getting the kid to read a page or two out loud, from the book, in the style of the character they're portraying.

[The Mad Collector]

One young girl dressed as a witch came into my shop after school and I asked her what they had done. Apparently nothing different to normal, no discussion about the characters they were dressed as, no emphasis on books just another day of costing parents more money for no educational gain.

[Alanz]

That's typical of the Education system

[Bouncy Castle]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... thers.html

[Alanz]

It must be a Nightmare trying to obtain a costume to fit a youngster, my heart goes out to the Mums

[KnightOfFewWords]

How do you explain to a child that he can't go as Nearly-Headless-Nick?

[Alanz]

or Hagrid

[chris.ph]

a dwarf giant

[Dotsie]

Don't be sizeist

[Ghost]

you have all this to come Dotsie

[Dotsie]

Only if the've read the book, and can offer a 200 word summary And no princesses! Not even for the girls.

[chris.ph]

im 6ft 4 dotsie, i am a dwarf giant well im definately under tall for my weight anyway i should be about 8 ft tall