, or stave off boredom if you are stuck in a traffic jam.SnacksSnacks are always a useful diversion, but what should you pack? Fruit and vegetables, cut up into bite-sized portions are ideal, as are little yoghurts in handy tubes or sachets; crackers; water

cucumber sandwiches and lemonade, find a grassy knoll, make daisy chains, and if there is a hill, perform endless roly-polys.12. Throw a film night Just pick a film – a rota will save arguments – and prepare a snack. Now turn the living room into a loungy

Lean, who advises that parents should attend shots well prepared with plenty of books, paper, pencils, drinks and snacks. And even if your child gets a job, warns Denise Sellers, there is still no guarantee the pictures will be used. “For lots of commercials