Back to school: How do children - and parents - cope with separation after months together? 

As we face a back-to-school countdown like no other, how can we possibly prepare our children for what lies ahead, and the emotional aftershocks of the last few months? We speak to the experts 

Backpack of school child with face mask and sanitizer. 

Even post-lockdown, Sarah Kelly’s 8-year-old son worries about his parents when they leave their Co Meath home to run errands.

 And though he has been busy with GAA Cúl camp and playdates, he still wakes with nightmares about sea creatures swallowing him whole.