Steph Roberts*, 41, from Nottingham, says, “When lockdown hit in March, I was furloughed from my job in a clothes shop though, luckily, my husband, James*, was able to keep working in the supermarket where he was a manager.
“I home-schooled my children, Joe*, eight, and Ruby*, five, and relished the extra time we spent together. Joe and Ruby get on really well and Joe, who is quiet and gentle, always gave in to Ruby’s demands of making him play with her dolls or putting on dance shows.
“For a bit of fun we started making TikTok videos and both the kids loved it. I noticed Joe growing in confidence as he performed in front of the camera.
“But then, in June, I noticed he’d become really subdued. He wasn’t…