Jamie Dornan found lockdown "frightening" at times.
The 'Wild Mountain Thyme' actor admitted the last 18 months haven't been easy but he also feels fortunate to have been able to spend so much time with wife Amelia Warner and their daughters Dulcie, seven, Elva, five, and Alberta, two, as just as the coronavirus pandemic hit, he was due to be working long days on a film in New York.
He said: "It was frightening at times. We had it much better than most and I'm thankful we were all together. We were safe.
"The homeschooling of the kids was very challenging at times - but ultimately, we had all of this amazing family time together, which we wouldn't have had if we'd stayed in New York.
"I would have been working 14 hours a day, five days a week and not getting to see the kids as much To be honest, we might never get that time again, as a family, in that way."
The family found home schooling particularly rough but learned how to navigate the situation when things got tough.
Jamie told Britain's OK! magazine: "You just have to not beat yourself up over it when it's not going perfectly. We are not teachers. Any parent will know this - any parent who has been thrown into this situation where they are meant to act not only as mummy and daddy, but as teachers as well. It was weird and it took time.
"If sometimes it wasn't going great, or the kids were having a tantrum because you are not doing it the way the teacher does it, I'd just have to take a step back. It's like, 'Listen, why don't we take a break?Daddy needs a break for a start and you seem like you need a break. We will come back to it.'
"It was never going to be a perfect situation but you don't have to beat yourself up about it."
