Colman Noctor: What about the children who are reluctant to go back to school? 

Some students welcomed lockdown as an opportunity to escape from the pressures of school life, but their parents need to encourage them to reengage with the world 

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For many parents of young children, life has returned to some semblance of normality since the schools reopened last month. From my family’s experience, the return to school has been unanimously positive. 

On April 12, some 200,000 students will return to secondary school, and so for many families the apprehension or curiosity about how this will go is now very real.