Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
4 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
A kids’ birthday party in Australia is making a splash among parents, some of whom say it may be the best idea they’ve ever seen.
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they → make → whom
Scenes of the festivities, filmed by the birthday girl’s mom, have gone viral on social media, racking up more than one million views and praise from hundreds of parents.
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Scenes → film → parents
Doing a park crawl!” the mom wrote alongside the video, as footage showed roughly a dozen children climb into a kid-friendly party bus to the tune of Pitbull’s club banger “Fireball.”
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children → do → banger
The party was not only a hit with the young guests, who danced their way to various locations, but also parents around the world, including podcaster, Monique Bowley.
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who → dance → Bowley
Speaking on her podcast, “Parenting Out Loud,” on Monday, Ms Bowley said the park crawl “might be the best kids’ party idea” she’s ever seen.
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she → speak → Monday
“What you do is you hire a bus, you load kids onto it, you pick three or four parks in your city or your neighbourhood and you just go park to park for the party,” she told her co-hosts, Amelia Lester and Stacey Hicks.
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she → hire → hosts
The kids enjoy snacks while on the bus, and at the last park, “it’s birthday cake time”.
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it → enjoy → park
After that, the children, “bedraggled and wrecked” from a day of playing in parks, are driven back to the bus stop to be collected by their parents.
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children → wreck → parents
But the best part, Ms Bowley said, is that other parents can’t fit on the bus.
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parents → say → bus
“There’s no standing around at a kids party, holding a paper plate, making awkward conversation,” the mom of two gleefully said.
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mom → stand → two
“It’s just like, see ya later, see you in five hours – how good is it!”
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it → ’ → hours
“As a parent, I hate this so much,” one dad commented.
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dad → hate → this
Not to mention, who has that much energy to round up a bunch of kids on and off of a bus for eight hours straight when you could just have something in the backyard or at a trampoline park?” another wrote.
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another → mention → park
“This is brilliant, but I’m bringing the parents because 20 unsupervised kids let loose in a park is something my anxiety could not handle,” one mom said.
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mom → bring → park
Numerous people pointed out that the bus in the video didn’t appear to have seatbelts – a “dangerous” missing detail.
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bus → point → seatbelts
Mom’s opt-out clause for ‘busy’ parents
Earlier this year, an Aussie mom divided parents after she included an opt-out clause on her son’s birthday invitation.
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she → opt → invitation
Emma Kenney invited everyone from his kindy room, but urged “busy” or “tired” parents to bow out if they need to, or simply want to.
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they → invite → parents
After one of the mom’s friends called the note ‘weird’, Ms Kenney asked social media users to decide if she’s a “social freak”.
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she → call → users
However, several people applauded the invitation addition, describing it as “super thoughtful and helpful.”
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people → applaud → it
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