Our young family has just spent a few days at the grandparents' after meticulous social distancing to avoid COVID-19. It's been a fortnight since my three children played with any other kids.

I pulled them out of school and daycare, we stopped going to parks, I won't take them shopping — they have not left the house. My husband has been working from home and I'm shopping as rarely as possible.

Sarah Colyer's children enjoy time with their grandparents.

So it was with utmost caution that we visited. I brought groceries to help Mum and Dad avoid a trip to the shops, but the visit wasn't about delivering supplies. They're not infirm. They don't need my help and I can get by without theirs.

Our four-year-old daughter was elated when she arrived to find Grandad had cut the branches of an overgrown grevillea to create a secret garden for her. My seven-year-old son was able to kick a ball around the acre block — something he's missed doing since the authorities closed all the public parks and playing fields.