Ah, the summer holidays – my annual reminder why I don't want to have kids | Grace Dent

Thanks, British parents, for my refresher course on fertility choices. It’s still a no from me

With the long school summer holidays coming to an end, I would like to offer my annual thanks to the nation’s parents for another six weeks of sterling service. Not merely for raising future generations of doctors, scientists and Love Island contestants, but also for my annual refresher course on fertility choices. It’s still a no from me.

In Westfield Stratford City this week, for example, I watched a father sitting by the outdoor human-sized chess set. This board is a lovely touch by the shopping mall, giving locals of all ages some free, open-air fun. On any warm day, adults and older kids queue up for games, but not on this day, as a small screaming boy of about six years old had screwed the bottom off the man-sized rook and was spraying the sand inside it (intended to weigh it down) all over the board. His father sat motionless on a bench close by.

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