Coronavirus - What is Everyone Doing to Cope?

buckets said:
kids are relentless
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That’s the thing. There’s no break. And for siblings who are constantly at each other’s throats, no break from each other. On top of that, a constant feeling that I’m not doing enough to educate them. It is rough, friends. Stay safe out there.
 
2 adults working from home.
10 and 7 yo learning at home.
2 adults teaching them at home?
As best we can.
 
WFcatamount22 said:
Got a weekly poker game that we are trying to take virtual tonight. Thinking about running it through a private Poker Stars room with a Zoom meeting thrown on top of that.

Anyone tried anything else, or have better suggestions?
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Actually set this up on pokerstars last week as a home game and it went very well. Just need everyone to download the program and then its free to signup. Use playchips
 
we are out of eggs and I don't feel like running to the grocery store so I am baking a chocolate olive oil cake
 
I understand that mothers/in-laws are trying to help and want to feel productive as well... but sweet Mary and Joseph, if one more person sends me an article about 'ideas of things to do with kids' or 'how to make the most of homeschooling' right now I'm going to lose it.
 
If nothing else, this has solidified 2and2 into one of my top 5 posters, political views notwithstanding.
 
lbE08 said:
I understand that mothers/in-laws are trying to help and want to feel productive as well... but sweet Mary and Joseph, if one more person sends me an article about 'ideas of things to do with kids' or 'how to make the most of homeschooling' right now I'm going to lose it.
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Its insane...... " Here's a great website for your 6 year old to start on differential calculus !"

Its been hard enough to work from home, have spouse work part-time and have the kids do computer work for school. Also, everyone in the family is eating like every 15 MINUTES. My "office' is in the kitchen area and people are constantly hungry. Even our dog jumped up on the table and ate the 5 year-olds unfinished ham sandwich.
 
today is day 9 with both the 2 and the 4 year old at home and I think we did our first actual structured activity today (painted some rocks). Every other day has just been 2 hours of running wild in the house, then 2 hours of running wild outside, then lunch and nap then more running wild outside if the weather is good.
 
WFcatamount22 said:
Got a weekly poker game that we are trying to take virtual tonight. Thinking about running it through a private Poker Stars room with a Zoom meeting thrown on top of that.

Anyone tried anything else, or have better suggestions?
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Yeah I did this last week. Gave up on Zoom pretty quickly once we started the game because the online game moves so fast.
 
DeacOnCapeCod said:
Its insane...... " Here's a great website for your 6 year old to start on differential calculus !"

Its been hard enough to work from home, have spouse work part-time and have the kids do computer work for school. Also, everyone in the family is eating like every 15 MINUTES. My "office' is in the kitchen area and people are constantly hungry. Even our dog jumped up on the table and ate the 5 year-olds unfinished ham sandwich.
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Yeah, 4th grader's teacher sent links to the math curriculum and let us know where he left off. Uhh… so... do you want us to, like, pick up where you left off and keep teaching her math?

And yes to the constant eating and space invasion. Baby, when awake, is near either me or husband. That means the other two kids are also near me or husband, so for half the day we are doing our work with three kids about 5' away.
 
lbE08 said:
Yeah, 4th grader's teacher sent links to the math curriculum and let us know where he left off. Uhh… so... do you want us to, like, pick up where you left off and keep teaching her math?

And yes to the constant eating and space invasion. Baby, when awake, is near either me or husband. That means the other two kids are also near me or husband, so for half the day we are doing our work with three kids about 5' away.
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Teaching from home is no walk in the park either. In the middle of my American Lit Zoom lecture today, my students hear my wife yell from off camera, “Audrey, get the toothbrush out of your sister’s butt”. They were done with Flannery O’ Connor for the day after that.
 
mako1331 said:
Teaching from home is no walk in the park either. In the middle of my American Lit Zoom lecture today, my students hear my wife yell from off camera, “Audrey, get the toothbrush out of your sister’s butt”. They were done with Flannery O’ Connor for the day after that.
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Well a toothbrush in the butt is kind of grotesque, so...
 
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