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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry if this has been posted already but I don't have time to read through all the other posts. I am majorly failing at working from home plus taking care of my kids plus trying to not let the house fall apart from filth and lack of groceries. DH and I both have demanding jobs that are not cutting us enough slack given what's happening in the world. We still have hard deadlines that can't move (due to negative business impacts) and video conference calls all day long that are out of our control in terms of scheduling. We're trying to switch off but it's kind of impossible since our kids are 5.5 and 1.5 and have completely different interests and can't do the same activities. The older one has a good amount of school work to do, but needs guidance to actually do it, The house is fairly child proofed but the baby is getting in to everything and needs constant supervision.

The end result is producing crappy work, being a frustrated, distracted parent and feeling beyond stretched and stressed. When the kids go to bed at 8pm, DH and I log back on to work to get more done and then are up well after midnight cleaning up the house, doing laundry, etc. Given that this may go on for months, this is just no sustainable. How are other double working parent families managing? ANy tips I am not thinking of? I know we can just do the best we can, but feels like we're failing everyone.[/quote]

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