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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with the PP who said to set a schedule in advance. When we think school is going to be canceled the next day, we take a few minutes the night before to review our schedules and come up with a plan for who is responsible for the kids during what times.[/quote]

This is what we do. We both work from home now so we put our work calls in our joint calendar so we know when the other person is unavailable. If we both have calls at the same time, we tell the kids they're on their own for that hour.

Also, I did have a talk with my husband about it - no beating around the bush, just an honest, frank discussion about what needs to be done and by whom. We are also equal wage earners and while he tends to like to get his work groove on in the afternoons, I made clear that I couldn't be the one always dealing with the kids after school. We used to have a nanny but decided to stop this year because the kids were older and we're both at home now, but it necessitated a conversation about who is going to do what and when. Every week we print out a schedule and it's clear who is doing things each day. When the kids are home for whatever reason, the schedule reflects that. We both agree to the schedule on the weekend and of course we're flexible (i.e. yesterday he had a call that was supposed to be from 3-3:30 but ended up going until 5:30 so I had to grab the kids from the bus, etc.), but it helps to make things pretty 50/50.[/quote]

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