Ask a parent of a child with dyspraxia what happens around 4pm, and many describe the same scene. Their child has spent a whole school day gripping pencils, fastening buttons and keeping up in the playground. By the time they get home, they are exhausted.
That exhaustion can easily be mistaken for bad behaviour or laziness. But we conducted a national survey of 241 parents of children aged five to 18 and our results may help explain why some children struggle so much at the end of the day.
