Those of us who work from home with babies or young children know that it is an experience that can go in many ways: from being able to entertain them, to seeing how to send a simple email or make a call, they become an odyssey.
In fact, in most cases it tends to be more inclined towards the second option, since as mothers and fathers we must naturally attend to our children when they need it, making teleworking a challenge .
And as an example of this, a mother has shared a video while trying to take the daily morning call with her coworkers, where we can see how working with young children at home is not easy .
A few weeks ago we shared a video of a mother in which she summarized two hours of teleworking with children at home, where she showed us the reality that many families experience: working at home as parents is full of constant interruptions .
Now, it has been a mother of three children, one of them with special needs, who has shared a video summary where she shows how her work conference calls tend to be every morning with her children close by .
In it, you can see how while you answer the call and check pending items on your laptop, your children come to make various requests. According to her, in the 11 minutes that her work call lasted, she was interrupted by them 27 times .
While being able to stay home to work and take care of our children is a benefit that not all families have, this situation continues to be difficult and constantly tests our patience and energy.
It is true that as parents we can try to organize ourselves and we must educate and talk with our children so that they respect our work times , however and given the situation that is being experienced, it is not uncommon for some children to seem to have “mastitis” and need us more than ever, even to ask us very simple questions or requests.
In my particular case, I have been working from home for more than three years, but now that my daughter does not attend school and I have to be a mother and a teacher at the same time, it takes twice as long as it usually took me a day from work before of the coronavirus . Needless to say, I ended the day exhausted.
But although I miss the work spaces that I used to have, I try not to complain about this situation and just vent, because even if it is exhausting and in many days, challenging, I know that this situation is the best for our health and eventually we will have a little more normality .
Via | ABC News
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