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> This falls under the same category. Without child care or some place for the children to go, it's absolutely impossible to work from home. Without child care
by slavapestov 7y ago
> This falls under the same category. Without child care or some place for the children to go, it's absolutely impossible to work from home.
Without child care or some place for the children to go, it's absolutely impossible to work from the office either, so I'm not sure what this means.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoFor some non-parents, it's not obvious that being in the same room (or building) as the kid(s) is nowhere near enough. Small children in particular can only briefly occupy themselves; the rest of the time, they need your attention - and they will demand it, loudly. That last part was something I didn't internalize until I became a father myself. There's no "you do your stuff, and I'll be looking to make sure you won't hurt yourself" with small kids. They won't just do their stuff, they want you to do it with them. On top of that, once they learn to move (even just by rolling around the room), it's always 5 seconds from "everything is fine" to "the kid is trying to lick the electrical outlet".