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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lisa Salmon

Katherine Ryan on back-to-school and being a ‘geriatric parent’

Preparing for back-to-school: Katherine Ryan (Natasha Pszenicki/PA) -

As a pregnant mother of three children – two of them under five – Katherine Ryan has mixed feelings about back-to-school.

The Canadian comedian, whose fourth child is due later this year, insists she finds the resumption of the school routine for her daughter Violet, 16, “refreshing”, although she’s not as keen on her son Fred, aged four, starting reception for the first time. Her youngest daughter, Fenna, is only two.

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