I heard some of the spilled words.
Schools in my town have been closed since around mid-late March 2020. (Berkeley, CA, whose public schools are very highly regarded, one reason for the high property values). My neighbor has 2 kids, aged around 6 and 9, I'm guessing. She's been doing my grocery shopping, I talk to her occasionally. I told her on the phone that a lot of people home school their children, have done so since before, way before the pandemic and that a lot of those kids become very successful. (Many of the most successful people around, if you look into it, were home schooled, not schooled in public or private institutions).It's partly because their parents are highly motivated to educate their kids personally, have the notion (correct!) that they can do a better, in many cases MUCH better job in educating them. I wasn't presuming that she wanted to or is capable of doing that but I know she's intelligent enough to understand this and I think it's a really good thing to have in mind at this time. I added that it can and probably should be seen as an opportunity to awaken your own understandings.
It's also obviously an opportunity to connect on more levels with your kids. Yes, I understand that people are busy, but many parents have done this with great success for years and years, so it's possible. Of course, it works a lot better and easier for well educated parents!