'What are you doing? Get off!' Sarah Rodrigues with son Cassian Credit: Andrew Crowley Couldn’t most of us do with a hug at the moment? Indeed, one of the things that many people have found hardest about the pandemic is the reduction, or even complete absence, of physical contact with loved ones outside of their bubble. Lucky me then, having three children for cuddles on tap. Well – perhaps not quite on tap. Not when one of them is a 13-year-old male who is a mass of arms, legs and attitude. You’d have been hard-pressed to find a more cuddlesome chap when he was little, especially where I was concerned. Naturally, as he grew, I became more circumspect about being physically affectionate with him in public – the big hug we once would have had at drop-off became more of a squeeze of the shoulder, or a ruffle of the hair.