Parents - is anyone else starting to feel like the last year has moved way past memes about needing wine to survive homeschooling and is now at the stage when you feel genuinely worried about your children and the long term impact all of this is going to have. (1/3)

My five year old - happy, kind, outgoing - now tells me she has this feeling of sadness that “wasn’t there before the virus.” My three year old who had a slight speech delay before lockdown 1 has been diagnosed with anxiety and required intervention from a paediatrician (2/3)

These are just my own experiences. I know others have similar experiences and much worse. I really do fear there will be serious implications for children who’ve gone through all of this. (3/3)