Kensington Palace/PA She took part in a discussion with three parents, whose children attend Roe Green Junior School in Kingsbury, north west London, alongside headteacher Melissa Loosemore. As part of a “show and tell” exercise during the video call, the headteacher instructed the group to write down answers to questions with the first request – “one word that describes parenting during this pandemic”. READ MORE: The duchess held up the word “exhausting”, while others joined in with similar sentiments including “hectic”, “patience” and “challenging”. After being asked to explain her decision by the headteacher, she said: “I think as parents you’ve the day-to-day elements of being a parent, but I suppose during lockdown we have had to take on additional roles that perhaps others in our communities, or in our lives, would have perhaps supported us and helped us with.”