‘It always seems impossible, until it’s done’ – working from home with children
It's 9:15 at night and I'm sitting on the sofa with the cat for company, looking at a blank page. It's not because the muse has suddenly struck, there's not a screed of brilliant prose which I just have to get out. No, in common with millions of others, it's because it's the first chance I've had today to do some work. The house is far from quiet - upstairs I can hear my eldest girl getting in and out of bed to chat to my wife, who is working in the office, and I'm expecting the youngest to arrive here any minute. The cat is snoring, and the floor looks like a skip full of Lego has been dropped from a helicopter. Lockdown number - well, I live in Wales so I've lost track of which number I'm on now - sees Daddy School back in operation again. As well as the two primary school age girls in my [...]
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