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I badly need my three year old to be in kindergarten so my wife can have six hours a day of just one child and possibly claim back part of our house and energy levels from the abyss.

I'm counting the days to next September.

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I feel you, myself I have two toddlers (2, 4) that was a life change for me. Responsibility, scream, lack of sleep, inability to what I used to do to get some energy boost. Which escalated during working from home.

No advice from my side, as I haven't found any good way. Take care,

6 and 3 year old. I feel bad about comments like this. Kids are the greatest gift and I cherish every second with them. Getting to spend more time at home with them has been a god send. I feel like so much of this comes from a lack of control when people feel (for some reason) like they should be able to "control" their kids. Maybe let go of the control thing and just enjoy your time with them?

A kid screaming in your ear when you're trying to have a zoom meeting is cute for only so long.

We are not talking about control here (two toddlers - 1.5 and 4.5 here). We are talking about diaper changes, cooking, feeding, putting to bed, online classes, entertaining them because they can't be outside with kids their own age, tantrums, and usual baby stuff. Doing work full-time and taking care of babies full-time is leading to a lot of depression and loss of concentration on the work-front.

This is true and I relish being able to work from home have extra time with my kids and also it seems that on most days I can get 4 hours of work done and 8 hours of sleep or 8 hours of work and 4 hours of sleep. So either my work has to suffer or my health has to suffer or what has actually happened is they have both suffered.

There are tons of reasons to be having a hard time with kids at home during the pandemic. I don’t know if trying to control them is even in the top five for most parents.

4, 6, and 7, and one more on the way. This year's crazy; I can't judge, as we're getting by one day at a time.

God - we are all in the same boat. I have a 4.5 and a 1.5 year old. I can work 2-3 hours in the morning and then I have to push all my work to late evening and I stay up till 1 am completing before waking up early to help with cleaning, cooking, and then caring for the kids.

Can't wait for daycare and montessori to re-open :(

Hang in there. Might be another year like this, as you correctly point out...

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