The lockdown generation: 16 young people on spending a year at home

Missing friends, learning new skills, playing online in lessons. On the eve of returning to school, we talk to children and teens and ask how they've fared during the pandemic

I'm a very overthinking person. When I first heard about a virus it made me really shaky. It set my anxiety to a nine or a 10. When they shut school, I thought it might be five or six weeks at the most. I didn't think it would span months.