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[quote=Anonymous]We had very young kids before Covid. I was able to telework 2 days a week then, but what we did was I took the baby to daycare on the way to work and my DH took our preschooler to preschool. Daycare had earlier drop off and I had the longer commute. At the end of the day DH picked up the baby and I picked up our preschooler. Both kids spent about 9.5 hours a day in school/aftercare/daycare.

It was hard, it was awful, the days were too long for the kids, we missed them terribly, evenings were a mess of rushing through meltdowns to try to get through dinner and to bed to do it all again the next day. Everyone we knew with young kids was doing the exact same thing, and hating it.

Our kids are now in elementary (k and 3rd). They are in aftercare with many of their friends even though I work remotely, though their days aren't as long as they used to be.

When I go back to the office I'll shift to an earlier schedule so that the length of their days doesn't change. The biggest differences for us will be that I won't see them
most mornings and I'll be exhausted from commuting.

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