Learner Dad: My kids have gone back to school - I'm not sure I could have taken much more 

"I’m glad they’re finally back face to face, so they can get on with the business of growing up together."

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They’re back: I’m just glad my daughter isn’t aged nine. Because then she’d be in 3rd class rather than 2nd class and wouldn’t have gone back to school this week with her brother. And I’m not sure I could have taken much more.

It’s not enough to love your kids as much as we (and you) do – if they’re cooped up with you for two months through homeschooling and bible-punishment rain, then the shine is going to come off the relationship. To be honest, I started tuning out of my son’s non-stop Minecraft chatter back in mid-February. It was either that or start crying in front of the little guy and that’s not the way I want him remembering me.