I think a lot can be said about working from home for those of us that are office based. I am in no way shape or form complaining as I am fortunate enough to be able to still work and earn an income where many are not.
But I want to talk to the benefits rather than the negatives as I've noticed lil miss 4s vocabulary dramatically increasing. She quite often sits in on meetings and says hi to everyone. I always encourage parents to involve their kids, which can be hard but it helps the other parent and prevents them from having to pin them down..... no we don't pin our kids down but I have heard of some that have to wrestle with their kids to keep them away from the other parent whose working.
Working from home also provides an opportunity for kids to see what work really is rather than just knowing the parents are going to work they see them, they learn, they experience it. My wifes a nurse and councillor so she can only do it in part and she's trying to shift the mentality at a local level to be more kid friendly which will support and enable more women to take leadership roles. In 2021 Women still do the majority of kid and house duties. If we want to change that work places need to change for both men and women and be more adaptive (my opinion)
It also gives me alot more time with my kids and I've been able to be here everyday of my sons life. An opportunity I missed with lil miss 4, every time I'd get home she'd be asleep :(
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I missed out on so many awesome moments and for what it's worth I have really enjoyed being in lock down, I've also grown some international friends on Hive and Leo which is awesome.
We've also spent alot more time together cooking, gardening, shopping and doing general everyday things. Life skills that are important when you become an adult. Sadly she stops at doing the washing and I don't know why everyone always cracks it about washing. It is the easiest thing to do, you put clothes in and the machine does the work. I think it's more to do with the hanging out and trying to sort them afterwards.
But I think these skills are the skills that education facilities miss out on, these Important life skills are vital to ensure our kids grow up being independent and successful adults. Many youth reports always identify the lack of youth skills needed to be addressed. You can't get these skills in a classroom they can only be taught by doing.
For that I am greatful of lockdown and the benefits it has provided, homeschooling probably wouldn't have crossed my mind if it hadn't been forced. But one things for certain is that I love it and I don't want it to end.
I've been even having discussions at work about what the future would look like if I was to continue the current work/life/education style.
Only time will tell.
What have you been seeing as the benefits of homeschooling your kids, do they have better speech and problem solving skills?
Statistically something good at to come out of this mess XD
J has been trying to find a job that would be amenable to him working from home and I think he was somewhat in the process of thinking about trying to negotiate it recently now that he's been in his industry long enough to get some leverage (I assume because people are actually calling him to work for them instead of just him applying for jobs) and then nonsense happened and suddenly he was working from home. Then work found out he was actually more productive working from home and they were like fine you can stay there then and he's been loving it XD
You're lucky your kids are so small, we were trying really hard to make it happen while ours were still tiny but just couldn't do it.
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ENGAGEtokens.I am sorry that you couldn't get it to work earlier, I know that feeling as I had been trying quite alot. I was put on a 1 day a month trial and then occasionally days in between.
Then COVID hit and everyone was home, I got lucky in that regard
Yeah working from home has definitely helped our son expand in many ways. Not only that, I get to be around to help my wife more than I ever have and it's strengthened our relationship I think, where some it worsens having to be around your spouse. That, I can't imagine.
With the little ones, they get to have much more of a parent-involved childhood when you get to work from home, I think. It improves their skills in many ways and adds to their confidence with the world. I get to build more things, clean, cook, involve him and give my wife a break which is huge. We are hoping to take the next step and move far away from my job so that I can work remotely in a much warmer environment where our son really gets to have fun outside.
I think that is the biggest winning thing from all what has occurred. I have been seeing many companies won't be going back office based. Its not because it's better for us but because they're saving millions of dollars in rent and utilities.
My utility bills have gone up quite alot but I am happy to wear that cost to stay home. I know alot of people at work who in the crisis moved further out and some interstate.
They did so because previously they couldn't due to commuting to work but when things go back to normal and they're living in another state work will need to accommodate that. They have proven they can do the job from another state or further out so won't be able to be sacked.
Very smart move by them.
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ENGAGEtokens.I too have enjoyed the pandemic year. That's because I'm an introvert and possible the best thing to happen in life is a canceled meeting . . . unless you cancel and entire program (scouts is canceled for three months, yeah!).
Other than having things canceled it hasn't changed my life. I already work from home and am self-employed, so . . .
Wonderful stuff! How goods the sleep ins too. I often have trouble sleeping at night, which I then use the time to undertake project proposals or briefs.
Mornings were also pretty hard for me, depending on where I was meeting a group my wake up times were anywhere between 3am and 7am.
Now they are 8:30am (when the kids don't wake me up earlier)
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