ThreeSixes
Vital Football Hero
My kids are older than yours (15 and 16) and they are self sufficient so they aren't a problem. I can also work from home, and there's enough room that they can stay out of my way. I have colleagues though that are either single parents with primary school age kids, or they live in crowded flats, and they are not really coping.My business does work for a bank. I am technically classed as a key worker and since we are set up to wfh we have been working all the way through lockdown.
Its been a real challenge balancing work with home schooling both our kids for the past 9 weeks. I am having to work through the evenings to catch up with my work that i dont do during the day, regularly till 1-2am as i dont have the time to get everything done during the day while both my kids are home schooled. Its just impossible to do both during the day. With my youngest going back to school, it leaves my wife able to concentrate on my eldest who has not gone back yet, and i can hopefully be more effective in my job during the days.
Ironically, id wager its mostly the parents who are flooding the local beaches, or having friends over regardless of isolation rules who have decided its not safe enough to go back to school.
And I'm the same as you re the risk. If everyone was too scared of the virus we wouldn't be getting the food and other essentials we need.
I don't know what is expected to change by September either?