Julie Jay: Nothing cures sentimentality like being a parent

Julie Jay: "Every day, Number One trundles home with artwork, some more deserving of praise than others, and as much as we want to encourage creativity, the scribblings pile up quickly."

As a first-time parent, everything was treasured. But the second time around, I have my kids’ art binned at the first opportunity.

In a season four episode of Friends, Rachel Green defends her habit of exchanging gifts with her boyfriend Ross Geller by producing a box full of sentimental keepsakes that catalogued their relationship up to that point.