Our children need to be free to relax and be children without social distancing and class bubbles at school. The minor impact this has on case numbers is nothing compared to the major impact it could have on their current and future mental health and anxiety levels. Let children be free.

I write this as parent of two children- one that can’t cope with the rules and one that can. However I don’t want this for either of them, or for any other children. I want them to enjoy the freedom of childhood now that we have such a highly vaccinated population which will offer us the protection we need without making the children suffer.