Lockdown homeschooling felt very much like a computer game, running between multiple children, winning points for submitting work to school, coming up with inspiring ideas but losing points for so many more things: losing passwords, failing to connect to zoom ballet, having to go back 3 levels because the baby needs a nappy change or has escaped and is heading for the pond. And the frequency of meals and snacks demanded, and they needed clean clothes and generally clean house. I've been thanking my lucky stars I'm no longer being a stressed out lawyer in the City, although I wistfully dream of my desk and hot coffee...

Tamsin Anderson