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NOW CLOSED If parents ruled the world…what would make it into your 'Mummyfesto'? Share your thoughts and win £200 Love2shop voucher

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KatieBMumsnet · 28/02/2013 12:21

To celebrate the launch of the new book, The Mummyfesto by Linda Green, we'd like to know what issues Mumsnetters would campaign for if parents were in charge.

Here's what the publishers of The Mummyfesto say: "Issues affecting and surrounding parents don't often come to the forefront of the political agenda - a recent survey by 23snaps revealed that 46% of parents don't think family issues get much attention from politicians. This is addressed in The Mummyfesto, a new book by Linda Green, in which three mums who campaign to save their local lollipop lady from redundancy discover that they are rather good at it."

So what would you like to see in world where parents are in charge? This can be anything from free childcare to Mumsnet replacing the House of Lords. We'd love to hear what you think - if parents ruled the world, how would we make it better? It could be something small and local or big and national, silly or deadly serious. Time to get creative!

Everyone who adds a comment to this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £200 Love2shop voucher.

Thanks and good luck,

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KatieBMumsnet · 01/03/2013 18:54

Thank you for all your comments so far. We've been asked to post this message from Linda Green, author of The Mummyfesto:

"Hello everyone. I'm the author of Mummyfesto and I've been reading all your comments - good and bad! - with great interest.

I love the fantastic suggestions people are coming up with for how they would change things for the better. Thank you.

I can also see that some of you don't like the the title of the book.

To anyone who thinks the title is patronising, I apologise. It wasn?t intended as such. There?s a scene in the book where the three central characters are struggling to come up with a name for their party. The scene is there for a reason. Names aren?t easy. You are never going to please everyone. But at some point you have to settle on something and move on.

I chose Mummyfesto because it?s a story about three mums of young children. It?s not about a group of mums and dads, so that?s why it wasn?t called Parentifesto.

Parentifesto doesn?t exactly trip off the tongue, either. MNHQ tell me that Mumsnet is called Mumsnet, not Parenstnet for similar more-catchy-name reasons.

The characters in my book are not defined purely by being mums, though. They are all incredibly strong women, who are also flawed, like all of us.

You have the right not to like the title of my book, of course, but please don?t let that detract you from the more serious issue here. Please keep posting more of your brilliant ideas to make the country a better place for women and families. Because I can?t think of anything more patronising to women than a system where less than a quarter of our MPs are women. Let's make our voices heard!"

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KatieBMumsnet · 12/03/2013 10:43

Thanks for all your comments. The winner of the prize draw is...

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