Parenting has been much harder for mothers and fathers in the last few months thanks to the lockdown.
Since March, mums and dads have been responsible for maintaining their children's routine and even continuing their education while also juggling life's everyday demands, not to mention work.
But the Government has decided now is the time to get our children back into the classroom in the UK, which has seen a mixed response from parents.
And with coronavirus cases back on the rise and incidents of schools and classrooms being closed down due to local outbreaks, questions remain about what is the safest approach for families to take.
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It comes as an entire year group of 160 students at a Wiltshire school had to self-isolate after a pupil tested positive for Covid-19.
Wiltshire Council has confirmed the year nine pupil and four other members of staff at St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge have contracted the virus.
Meanwhile Samuel Ward Academy in Suffolk was forced to close after eight teaching staff contracted coronavirus
It will not fully reopen until September 21 due to a significant number of staff self-isolating until September 20.
While their are concerns about the safety of schools there are reports to say it is not an inherently risky place to be.
Research so far has seen very few cases of transmission observed in schools with only 30 outbreaks recorded in around 1 million children who attended pre-school and primary school in England in June.
In those outbreaks, 70 children and 128 staff caught the virus, and noted that over two-thirds of the outbreaks were started by staff. Child-to-child transmission only accounted for two cases.
Meanwhile, a European survey has shown no strong evidence of onward transmission to the families of students. Only one country (out of ten) reported a child infecting both parents. Conversely, there is strong evidence that a child is most likely to be infected by an adult in their household.
The Conversation reports that there are multiple benefits to school attendance in addition to education.
Time spent with friends during adolescence can help brain development while compulsory physical activity can protect against future chronic illnesses and many young people benefit from school-based services such as free lunches and sanitary products.
And teachers have also expressed safety fears for children being taught from home.
Six out of 10 teachers say they fear for their pupils’ safety online after many relied on the Internet to continue learning amid lockdown.
The findings come after children across England returned to school following a coronavirus absence that over half (53 per cent) of teachers believe is now more likely to cause problems for pupils.
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