Val, the 72-year-old mum of ex-football star and Mirror columnist Robbie, is a Radio 5 Live celeb after appearing on his show. Here, she talks about her 10th week self-isolating... The Government has ramped up the guilt all mothers carry.
Asking them to decide whether to send the kids back to school means they’ll feel terrible if they do, and terrible if they don’t.
I imagine what it’s like for them in lockdown, trying to home-school kids, keep hold of jobs and looking after their parents.
Add the menopause and it’s a nightmare situation. This week’s hot weather made me reminisce about my own, 20 years ago. My body would overheat and make me hang out of an open window at 3am.
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