OK, so the kid needs my laptop for homeschooling. Which I have to supervise. The schedule?

9am Phonics
9.30am Live Call
9.45am Maths
11am English
LUNCH
1pm: science
2.45pm Storytime

"And remember to read every day!"

You can see why the sex pay gap has widened by 30+ years.

For each 'lesson,' I've had to print stuff out, supervise, help. This afternoon's science is for the kid to build a house from "three household materials"

Guess who'll be digging those out.

The mums' WhatsApp group is pinging every few minutes. I asked the kid's dad what the dads' group was like. It died months ago, apparently, after being used to organise two pub trips and a visit to the local strip club.

I have no polite comment to make.

I'm bloody lucky in the sense that:

- I'm financially able to not work for the next 2 months
- We have a printer (necessary for each lesson)
- We can afford ink
- We have an internet connection
- I can afford to get the kid a tablet

This government has torpedoed women's lives.