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Parent Driven DevelopmentEpisode 008: Remote working with kidsLifestyle choice Nursing and alternate schedulesSpouses working from home as wellThe difference between working from home with a spouse also working from home vs. notHard starts and stops to your day This classic exampleInterruptions from your spouse vs. the kid(s)Tyranny of the green dot on SlackWhat are the expectations of being remote?Do we feel guilty about doing "life" or kid stuff during the work day?Understanding working hoursHelping colleagues be more purposeful about working hours and communicationslack notifications and snoozinggoogle calendar work hoursbasecamp Tools24:00 Based on Cate's blog post Going in to an office established a lot of defaults for a team and working remotely it helps to be more explicitGoing to storesBeing in the coffee shopParenting groups and daycaresPlaydates with other kidsThe difficulty of coworking and coffee shop working while pumpingLeads to great isolation which is pretty difficult Rant about when people tell you to be social while pumping (spoiler: it's not that easy!!) What do you want to have time for?When is the right time to introduce screens to your child and how did you do it?Allison introduced games first, mostly on flights. When Allison introduced tv shows, she tried to make it educational like Daniel Tiger, PBS shows, etc.Talking to your child about what they watched and what they learnedKWu thinks what screen time and for what purpose. And introduce something, see the effect and make changes from there.JC said as you have more kids, it's harder to control media and screen time. Having structure around things is very important.Josh remembers lots of research but can't remember when they introduced screensAndy says do it collectively and sparinglyKWu says that technology and watching things can be used as bonding time and can focus on artistic or creative endeavors as opposed to isolatingJC talks about use of imagination using programs like minecraft.JC - my daughter has been playing softball and she looked at pictures of herself batting and fixed an issue! She was resilient and didn't get discouraged. #GeniusAllison - Everything is a genius and fail right now. My son's preschool teacher told me that he's doing fantastic #GeniusJosh - my daughter has guinea pigs named Ana and Elsa and one of them fell which led to a visit to the vet. There they found out Ana and Elsa are male which led to a great discussion about gender and what gender means. #GeniusKWu - Marriage win! We started watching the Americans together and it is so nice to be doing something together and have something not household related to talk about. #GeniusAndy - After a difficult day, my daughter wrote "I love you daddy, even when you're grumpy" #Genius? or #Fail?Tell us what you're learning! Follow & SupportPlease follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at [email protected]. Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.comSupport us via Patreon and get access to our our Slack Community.Panel:Josh PuetzAllison McMillanJC AvenaKWuAndy CrollAdditional links:100 Remote Work Stats, Quotes, and Statistics https://medium.com/@benthompson/breaking-down-the-father-on-bbc-being-interrupted-by-his-children-9840cdc8857bhttps://youtu.be/-Ojvk-4IcOE