HOME IS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS

YOU know you should feel over the moon. After all these months of nagging and tearing your hair out as you try to home-school your kids, there’s an end in sight at last.

But now that most Grade 7s and matrics are back in the classroom and as other grades wait for the announcement of their return date, you have mixed feelings.

On the one hand, it’ll be great to hand them back into the care of their teachers and have the responsibility of educating them off your shoulders – but on the other it opens a whole new can of worms.

After all these months of doing everything in your power to keep them away from other people, it feels weird to be gearing up to send them out into the world, especially if you’re still working from home.

Mask or no mask, how safe will they really be sitting in a classroom with their fellow learners?

And you might also have people in your home who are particularly vulnerable – grandparents, for instance, or adults with comorbidities.

You’ll need to provide evidence your child is on track

Kids don’t seem to be as affected by the virus but