While working from home sounds bliss to many (no more early hour commute, yay!), it is a different feeling for parents across the globe. It doesn’t matter whether you are based in US, in Europe or in Asia. Being stuck in the same house with your spouse and children for 24 hrs in a month can drive anyone up the wall. I have dedicated this week to help all the parents who need to work from home during this Covid-19 pandemic.
I have been stuck at home with my 3 years old daughter since 18 March and that is nearly 1.5 months that we haven’t been outside. No playground, no school, no shopping malls, no swimming pool. Zilch! Na-da! I count my blessings each day she doesn’t ask why we aren’t going out. So far, she is too occupied at home to notice we haven’t step out of the house for a long time or why daddy is at home all the time.
One day, she wore a mask, her sunglasses and a hat in the house for a few hours. When I asked, she replied her gears is to keep her safe from virus because it is dangerous out there. Haha!
This inspired me to collect Tweets from all around the world. So enjoy these tweets and know that you’ll never walk alone.
I hear my son asking Google questions. Part of me feels guilty but another part relieved that at least some learning is happening. #workfromhomewithkids
— Michele Enhaynes (@Menhaynes) April 22, 2020
Day 1: We’ll eat healthy, play games, make crafts, and you’ll play quietly together while mommy works on school stuff ❤
Day 36: Here is the iPad and Roku remote… I will give you each 3 lifesavers if you stop screaming and give mommy an hour to work! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/FcILptYXj7
— Krista Dolan (@KristaDolan) April 22, 2020
Thank goodness for the mute button. 🤦🏼♀️ #workfromhomewithkids #QuarantineLife
— Amanda AlpertLoveday (@AlpertLoveday) March 17, 2020
Listening to my kid on a zoom call with his high school French class. I can’t wait until these kids are in charge. It’s going to be so awesome. And hilarious. #ParentingInAPandemic
— Andi Diehn (@lostinthree) April 23, 2020
My two year old has stopped saying “No” and switched to “I don’t like that Good Idea” this week. It’s surprising effective now having tested it out on a few Zoom calls. #WorkFromHomewithkids
— Genghis Con (@theGenghisConn) April 23, 2020
I have great kids. They are awesome and funny and adorable and kind and as soon as this shit is over they are going to grandmas house for a month. #ParentingInAPandemic
— Elissa Sommers (@etobbisommers) April 23, 2020
I never thought I’d work from home, and I never thought I’d be a stay at home parent, but I never ever thought I’d be a work from home stay at home parent.
I hate the coronavirus.#WorkFromHomewithkids
— QuaranTWIN Dad (@DadisGrumpy) March 20, 2020
Please note: the following pressing items may be the cause of “stepping away” from the Teleconference: 1. Child copying other child. 2. Sticker stuck on page 3. Poop. 4. Snacks 5. Answering query as to whether said teleconference is finished. #WorkFromHomewithkids
— Christina Southey (@southeyc) March 19, 2020
The kids are getting a closer look at my work life. My 9yo always gave me a hard time for having too many tabs open. Now, he’s giving me grief about my inbox. Apparently HIS inbox is empty. #workfromhomewithkids #inboxzero
— Eva Wong 🙋🏻♀️ (@eva_toronto) April 6, 2020
If you’d like to know more about my mental state this fine Friday, I just realized there was still a little hot coffee left in my thermos and teared up a little. #stayinside #WorkFromHomewithkids
— Emily Moen (@emilymoen) March 27, 2020
I’ve been on work conference calls for the last 1.5 hours. I left my children with markers and crayons. Maybe not the best parenting choice. #WorkFromHomewithkids
— Lisa Amstutz (@LisaAmstutz) March 20, 2020
Colin as a fellow dad of a 2 year old this is too real. If it makes you feel better I was working from home yesterday w/ my daughter and while on a call, I turned around for 1 second only to hear the glass plate she was using shatter on the floor #dadfail #WorkFromHomeWithKids
— Brett Dalbey (@bdalbey) October 29, 2019
Glad I made my kids put away their screens and start fighting with one another. #ParentingInAPandemic
— Amy G Dala MD (@AmyGDalaMD) April 22, 2020
@iRobot Thank you for staying home with us. You are my greatest ally in the never-ending war against crumbs generated by the perpetual snackfest hosted by the small people in my house. #WFHWK #StayAtHome
— Alee L. Gunderson (@aleegunderson) April 16, 2020
Hit a new professional pinnacle- my daughter yelling CAN YOU WIPE ME from the bathroom while I was trying to make a point on a conference call #wfhwk #SOS
— Shannon (O’Brien) Breymaier (@ShannonOB40) April 8, 2020
The entire family slept through “first period,” the boys are still wearing their PJs at 6pm & they have yet to comb their hair. But we got all classwork & paid work done. So I’ll call that a win. #day1 #homeschooling #wfhwk
— Jennifer Barrett (@JBarrettNYC) March 23, 2020
Highlights from today’s episode of #WFHWK (working from home with kids) include:
– 4yo shouting “COVID19” into 1yo’s face non-stop (he thinks it’s a word his bro needs!)
– drawing Chase from Paw Patrol (me, not the 4yo)
– preventing a Korea-style incident while on @drivetimerte!— Ronan Lyons (@ronanlyons) March 20, 2020
My kids have been content playing together upstairs since about 7 pm. Where was this between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm when I was trying to work? 🤷🏻♀️ #QuarantineLife #WFHWK #parenting
— Erin Kraebber (@erinkraebber) March 18, 2020
On today’s kindergarten zoom, my daughter is to bring something sentimental for show and tell…
Her choice is the remote. #ParentingInAPandemic #fail
— Jill Frank (@jill_frank) April 23, 2020
After watching my 8 yr old type ‘quadrilateral’ soooooo slowly 3x, I taught her how to use ctrl c (copy)/ctrl v (paste). I’ll take that as a parenting win #Homeschooling #ParentingInAPandemic pic.twitter.com/OIsEzktaZx
— Nancy Rodgers (@rodgdog72) April 22, 2020
When you’re in the backyard and ask your kid to please give you some space “because otherwise I might go insane before the end of the week” and you hear multiple neighbors laugh in sympathy. #ParentingInAPandemic
— In Social Distance Mode (@BabyAttachMode) April 22, 2020
Me waiting for my kid to fall asleep so I can work out…this is a very limited time frame where the motivation to work out gets lower and lower the longer she takes to fall asleep…this is what life has come to!#ParentingInAPandemic pic.twitter.com/8nNfA1htH1
— J Schillo (@JSchillo) April 17, 2020
Today during a zoom mtg I:
– swiftly prevented the baby from eating playdough
– administered snacks
– talked over the 2yo who thought the telecon was all about her
– held 2 kids on my lap while both tried spilling things on my laptop#thisishowwetelecon #ParentingInAPandemic— Ryan Watkins (@Ryan_N_Watkins) April 22, 2020
Coronavirus and WFH to a parent is literally Groundhog Day, the same thing over and over and over and over and over…with no end in sight. #coronavirus #WorkFromHome #ParentingInAPandemic
— The ‘Normal’ Parent (@normal_parent) April 21, 2020
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Hilarious! Of course, I can laugh freely because although I’m working from home, I’m child-free. Well, sort of, I still have hubby to deal with.
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Ahhh… The big baby is at home. Haha! I’m dealing with 5 babies actually – 1 hubby, 1 toddler and 3 cats. Guess what? The 3 cats are the ones giving me the least grief.
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Luckily this month will see the first steps to normality. Lock-downs are released this month in a lot of countries. Step by step but it will happen. Many countries by now have been succesfull in flatten and getting down the curve.
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That is definitely awesome news. I’m still waiting for the lockdown to ease at this part of the world (Malaysia). Currently, we just extended our lockdown until 9 June.
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Omg these were hilarious!! And actually adorable lol😂💕😝
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I’m glad I can put laughter in your life right now. Cheers!
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H I L A R I O U S❣
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Thank you! Enjoy!
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Super cute!
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Thank you, Sean! Glad you like it.
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Reblogged this on The mind is an unexplored country. and commented:
“Hit a new professional pinnacle- my daughter yelling CAN YOU WIPE ME from the bathroom while I was trying to make a point on a conference.”
I’m sure many of you can relate.
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Thank you Gregory for sharing this out!
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Shared! Thanks!
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You’re awesome! Thanks!
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Kiddo, thIs may have been YOUR BEST EVER POST,
fROM A GREAT GRANDPA WHO KID SAT HIS 7 YEAR OLD (MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD) FOR HOURS TODAY
Thanks to ALL who haven’t failed to see God’s humor in all of this sadness,
Thanks Kally,
God Bless,
Patrick
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Big hugs, Patrick. I’m glad humour haven’t left you even you are kid sitting! Lol.
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This pandemic is certainly giving us all brand new lessons about staying safe and sane at the same time, inside the comfort of our own homes, for more than we could ever possibly asked for 😁
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Glad you can see the positive side of this pandemic. It is very important for us to be positive and keep thinking of the good things ahead.
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Adorable
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Thank you and welcome to MiddleMe!
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Thank you
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OMG…😄😄😄😄
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Happy that you enjoy this post!
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Smiles. Your daughter is so adorable. And “wow”… Some of the tweets are interesting but some I feel like they just need a break from it already. It can be really a handful. Phew.
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Thank you! Hugs! Oh yes, kids can be quite a handful to deal with.
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You are welcome Kally. ❤
Smiles. Yes!
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Hilarious tweets. Parenting during a lockdown is very tough and I commend you for that. Your daughter is right, ha – the coronavirus is dangerous and wearing a mask is important.
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And is she wearing sunglasses because she knows the coronavirus can be transmitted through the eye? Wow, she knows a lot for a 3-year-old.
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Haha! We did watch a few age-appropriate videos on explaining coronavirus to young kids. I also explain to her in very simple terms why we cannot go out now (lockdown). Before the pandemic happened, we were learning about the word “dangerous”. So I am able use this word in context now that the World is Sick, the World needs to Heal and it is dangerous to go out now without protection.
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Good, so she has a strong understanding of what’s going on and why lockdown is necessary. Indeed, “dangerous” is very apt to describe the coronavirus.
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“I don’t like that Good Idea”–So adorable! 😄
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Lol! Thank you! ☺️
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So funny! Anyway this is going all over the world. Greetings from Italy 🙂
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Yes indeed. Every parents are the same no matter where you are in the world!
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LOVE these! I’m sending some of them to my children and their spouses.
) (Her husband was fixing her breakfast at the moment, so I guess it was OK in the end.)
(My daughter posted on Sunday that while some mothers got breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day, at her house lucky Mommy woke up to a five-year-old screaming that he had wet the bed.
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Ah.. life with young children. Haha. My daughter will be jumping between us in bed to let us know she’s awake.
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The little girl with paint all over herself reminds me of when my daughters were little. We also have acrylic paint on our table still. My little artists.
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Awww… too bad, my little one doesn’t really like painting or drawing. She gets bored after 10mins.
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Than you for the laugh…and I will be using this line “I don’t like that Good Idea” at my next meeting…lol
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Glad this mad you laugh. Have a good day!
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