If you're WFH due to CV would you pull your child out of school?

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And how would working full time work when you have no childcare and young DC?

For context we are in England where schools are still open.
I don't know how I could work my full hours with no childcare and DC at home.

Hopefully managers will be understanding. My work is gearing up for everyone to be wfh in the next 2 days and my boss has said he expects productivity to decrease by 50% for those with young children.

DH is WFH.

I'm a teacher so will be in school until told otherwise, as will DDs (6 and 8).

If our school closes, I don't know what my workload will be but I am hoping to be able to juggle my work with home learning for DDs. To keep them amused whilst I have to work, I will set up activities in the playroom / garden and take full advantage of DisneyLife / Netflix subscriptions!

DH usually finishes work at 1.30pm each day, but has been told he can effectively 'choose' his hours, which will help.

I’m leaving mine in nursery for as long as possible because it’s impossible to get work done whilst looking after him.

However, I’m convinced schools and nurseries will be closed by the end of the week. Fortunately I have an understanding employer who realised that those with caring responsibilities are not going to be able to work at full capacity. I suggest you have a frank conversation with yours in advance of the school closing.

I work from home. It wasn’t easy yesterday, but I managed to get the laptop out and get some also do some. It’s not ideal, but it’s the best I can do in the situation.

I can be flexible with my hours, so I will try to get some more hours in when they are in bed.

Get some also do some=get some hours done! Stupid fat fingers!

I’ve had no choice as the school closed reception yesterday. Both DH and I are working from home. We’re going to swap days around so each gets a full days work undisturbes while the other is hands on. We’ll have a little schedule for the kiddo so he’s not on screens all day. During his downtime in the afternoon (at least 90 mins watching TV) the parent on duty will be able to get more work done. Guess we’ll just have to adapt.

I’m wfh now (I already did so 2 days a week so no huge learning curve). Mine are 2 and 8 and when school closes, the plan is for the childminder to take the big one too as long as possible. Taking my child out of school/childcare would be a decision to stop working, for me - I couldn’t do both. (Have had to on v isolated occasions before with sick children - it was incredibly difficult for just a day or two - not really doing my children or my work justice, and staying up v late to catch up on work.)

Part of my work plan at the moment is to get all my work tidied up and ready to hand over at v little notice.

Not sure how viable WFH while caring for older children might be. My 8yo is at least as impossible as my 2yo in this regard, but he is a tricksy sort of 8yo. Suppose it depends also on your work - Mine is fairly well suited to working alone at home, but needs careful thought, focus, and quick responses - not so easy with kids around...

Leave them in school as long as you can. We are on whole household isolation as me and my youngest DC both have symptoms so the school said to keep both my DCs at home for 7 days last Friday. So since last Friday morning we have been home and as of Monday evening when household isolation was announced my husband has been home too. I am a full time student and my university is already closed. I have been finding it impossible to study academic material with them all around. Writing up my own work I don’t find so bad with noise going on but actually reading material initially I need quiet to concentrate and now I just can’t. To top it off we now have no wage as husband is off work and the school sent me an email with a homelearning schedule for the kids which looks like they basically want me to be a full time teacher and has left me wondering how to even go about that. But yeah the longer you can keep your children going to school as normal the better because mine have been stuck in a flat for 6 days as of this morning and are climbing the walls now.

I would keep them in school as long as possible. We're on day 2 of isolation and working with kids home is as expected, really hard!

Definitely make a schedule for them, including time in the garden if you have one, it's really helped. But mine are old enough to get on with some things alone. I have deep sympathy for everyone with toddlers!

DH and I both worked from home yesterday but DC still going to school while it's open.