The Covid-19 pandemic has placed particular pressure on practitioners with small children – many have found it hard to balance the demands of their chosen career with the need to safeguard their own health and that of their own families. But if in these difficult times, there are members of the profession who feel that their parenting skills are not up to the job, then one of their colleagues may be able to help. She is Alexandra Harris (or McKenzie Johnston, as she was known to her classmates in Cambridge vet school’s 2007 graduate cohort). Alex combines her duties as a locum small animal vet in Hampshire with the unusual role of a parenting consultant.