To all the burnt-out mums, who’ve already done nearly 17 weeks at home. You need to do the following!
“Can you drop me off at …” “I’m hungry, why have we not got any ham” “where are the trainer socks” “what’s wrong with the internet, Mum can you reset the box” I keep reading lots of news articles about children’s mental health during the COVID pandemic, these articles are very rightly pointing out that our children are struggling during the lockdown. They are highlighting the very real danger of some children at home in abusive families. These articles are very important, but what is also important is highlighting the ever-increasing toll on parents, the parents that are holding their own worry about the virus, while trying to care for their children as well. The children that have additional needs, the weed smokers, the depressed teenager, the lonely teenager, the children going through a divorce, the teenage girl with an eating disorder etc. This pandemic is hard and takes 40% of your thought process without the above issues. WE have now done the equivalent of nearly 3 su
