This sounds pretty positive Alison, you not taking his stuff personally and giving him what he needs. It must be really tough for him, though sometimes after years of negative behaviour you wonder how many excuses a person can need... Hugs for lockdown 2, I suppose at least your kids are at school now so you don't have so much time to spend on educating them or nagging them to do work? It's kind of a relief having schools open, and part of me feels jealous of people like teachers who can go see PEOPLE and talk in real life! Working from home is tough even if it has its compensations, I hope you are managing to go for walks with the odd friend to keep some semblance of social life going xx