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Politics tamfitronics AUTHOR Emma Murray works from home, so — with two daughters now aged 12 and 14 — the school gate was a daily reality for seven years.“It was one of my least preferred aspects about primary school. I’m not great in a group situation, I hate small talk and I don’t like forced conversations. It didn’t tick any boxes,” says Murray, a Malahide native who lives in London.The author of the parenting trilogy Time Out, The Juggle, and Winging It says she found the social dynamics of the school gate unnatural.“You’re thrown into a social situation with people you wouldn’t normally choose. The same happens at work, but the school gate is different. There’s a lot more emotion involved. You’re there because of your child, and a parent’s number one...