Schoolbags and shoes of two grandchildren of Paola Berardi are left at the entrance of her house, where the twins go to do their homework every afternoon, in Emilia Romagna region, Italy, May 18, 2020. Paola Berardi/Handout via REUTERS
MILAN (Reuters) - Paola Berardi, 70, and her husband Mauro have taken care of their two grandchildren every weekday for the past decade while their daughter went to work in a chemical company. Every summer, they decamped with the twins to a seaside resort on the northern Italian coast.
After the COVID-19 epidemic detonated in Italy in late February, Paola only saw her 11-year-old grandchildren online, helping them with their daily homework via zoom. As the country emerged from a rigid, 10-week lockdown this month, the family reunited, but Paola worries about the physical contact.
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