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An Australian parent at a laptop on Sunday evening, the screen showing a half-written email, the room dim and the expression frustrated. A muddy football kit visible on a chair, suggesting the game finished hours ago.

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It is nine o'clock on a Sunday. The game finished at three. You have been refreshing the draft of the email for six hours. You have rewritten the opening line four times. The coach said something at half-time that has been replaying in your head since the drive home. You are about to click send.

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