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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Been going in for 25 years.  Yes I have kids. Yes I have a dog. Yes my kids have been in many activiites. Yes we made them in time.  Yes I have been promoted many many times. [/quote]

Please share your routine. I've teleworked in some way since the late 90s and can't see how we will manage the activities. Perhaps you have a short commute or family help. I have a long commute and no family in the state. Would love to hear your positive helpful suggestions. [/quote]

The toughest thing for you is the commute. Dh and I moved to the Midwest in large part for the short commute and lower col. He actually just started wfh this past year, but prior to that we were both in person 5 days a week except for a few weeks in March - April 2020. My job just told us we can wfh 2 days per month. I cant imagine how hard it is to go “backward” like in your scenario.

Our kids are 5-13. Things that have helped us are staggered work schedules (this is number 1), lots of planning (meal planning, chore charts etc), weekly cleaner, we have cultivated a deep bench of childcare help, we use snow day camps and school day out camps, school bus, one activity / season max (not including after school clubs since the school is a few minutes away and we can get there by 4:30 for clubs). For music lessons we find teachers who come to the house. We also have a garage door app so we could let service workers in remotely.

I take every minute of my intermittent caregiver leave (we essentially get 80 hours of paid fmla at my employer- otherwise it’s just straight pto) for child with sn. Every IEP meeting, every dr appt, every phone call to one of his providers, etc. I time his weekly appointments (ot and st) to maximize my time at home, since I can also take time to/from appointments under my leave. Even things like getting gas - I will stop for gas while I’m taking him to an appointment - then it will be covered by my leave- and that’s 5 minutes off my commute the next day. [/quote]

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