We’re not big on Valentine’s Day in this house – our wedding anniversary is the 12th, so we generally celebrate that instead – but they must have been talking about it at school, because my 7-year-old has started asking me questions.

Actually, it may not even be school – he’s seen the displays in the local shops and even tried to pick a card out for me yesterday. I’m not really keen on children being introduced to it so early – I know that in America (and I know this from TV, so it’s possibly it’s not strictly true), they exchange Valentine’s Day cards even in primary school. What do you think? Should children celebrate Valentine’s Day?