March 15, 2020
Working from home with kids around
Sent by Jonathan Stark on March 15th, 2020
Do you know a parent who has suddenly found themselves attempting to work from home with their little kids around?
It ain’t easy, but it’s not impossible.
I’ve been working from home since 2006 and have been homeschooling since 2010.
This means that I’ve had to come up with dozens of tactics over the years to stay productive and maintain a reasonable level of professionalism while my two crazy kids (and two dogs) played zombie tag in the next room.
To help folks who are new to this scenario, I’m going to present a free 1 hour webinar tomorrow (Monday, March 16) at 1pm ET. (Yes, it will be recorded)
Topics I’m planning to cover:
- Tips for chunking different types of work into different parts of the day
- What to say to your kids when you REALLY need them to be quiet for an hour or two
- Clever suggestions about where to go in the home to get certain things done
- Tips for keeping kids from 3-10yo entertained without rotting their brains
- What to do if you have a spouse/partner who is also working from home
Everybody’s home situation is unique, so I’ll also leave plenty of time for Q&A. If I don’t have an answer, maybe someone else on the call will have a suggestion.
NOTE: If you have experience working from home with kids, please consider joining and helping to answer questions in the chat. The more perspectives and ideas, the better!
Yours,
—J