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It’s time for battle: are you a mum who feels inadequate at the school gates? Use the Easter Holidays to raise the bar

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If you are a mum of school aged children, you may well be relieved to get some respite – not of the school run, but because you can avoid other mums at the school gate…

And not, it’s not because of back biting, fake smiles, getting blanked by other mums or boring small talk (as annoying as they may be!), but it’s probably because you want a much-needed break from the indiscreet fashion and beauty contests or just feeling inadequate about your attempts to keep up appearances.

According to a recent surgery, 50% of mums feel under pressure to look good because of other mums and surprisingly only 10% feel the same pressure from celeb mums. But despite this, only a third of mums spend less than five minutes in the morning doing their make-up compared to one-fifth of women who do not have children.