Exactly this, there was absolutely no way to predict Covid or a complete shutdown of child care / schools. I went from happily working from home in an office w

Exactly this, there was absolutely no way to predict Covid or a complete shutdown of child care / schools. I went from happily working from home in an office with no door and my 2 young kids in elementary school while my wife commuted to her work to my kids taking online classes which require massive parent interaction, and my wife working from home at the kitchen table right outside my office with no door. We cant take the kids anywhere due to covid and older parents so they are rightfully bored and frustrated. Wife had a breakdown today from not being able to get any work done because she is constantly getting up to help the kids with school work or when school is done they automatically call out to her whenever they need anything. We are snapping at the kids for just normal kid things because we both have to work and are getting so little done. She has a massive amount of responsibility where she is the bottle neck for multiple departments as all work has to be legally approved by her. I am in a new role and essentially on conf. calls all day while still having to get software built. This sucks for everyone, but I can guarantee that as much as the childless people resent people with kids getting to slack on work time, we are paying for it in spades in other aspects of our lives. Most of all I feel bad for my kids, this is not a situation they have any control over and all they know is that things are hard for them.