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Daughter asked me yesterday whether people would look back at this time in history - just as we look back (for her, on Horrible Histories) at times of war, plague etc and think how awful it was, or, on the other hand, would they wish to have been alive now?
I told her that we are living in the most extraordinary time - that science is so amazing that they’ve created a vaccine for a previously unknown virus in 10 months. That it often feels difficult and sad at times but it will soon be over, and that our living conditions are so
much better than they were in war, plague and so on. So, yes, people will look back at her childhood and still think what a time to have lived through, but also what amazing science to witness. It would’ve been great if we weren’t rushing out of the door to school 
I was also reminded of the great freeze of winter 1963/64, which my parents remember and which was a truly horrendous time - people dying of cold, pipes freezing, basic food supplies running out - and they now look back with stories to tell. It must be hard for a 10-year-old to
work out how these once in two generations events happen and whether they feel “unlucky” that it’s hit just as they’re supposed to be enjoying all the freedoms of childhood. I totally get it. Suggestions/advice welcome.
I should add that she brought it up, I try not to talk about the pandemic over breakfast! More like “do you need your PE kit today”