Primary school years are often described as the "easier" years of parenting. And in some ways, they are — your child still wants to spend time with you, still thinks you know everything, still reaches for your hand in the street.
But anyone actually living through them knows the reality is rather more exhausting than the nostalgia suggests.
The relentless logistics. The emotional meltdowns that arrive from nowhere at 5pm. The constant background hum of am I doing this right
