From ‘boredom-buster’ jars to school holiday programs on Zoom, experts suggest how to keep kids engaged while everyone is home at once
Like many parents, I have had to cancel travel, play dates and school holiday activities thanks to the lockdown that’s currently enforced in greater Sydney. And like many parents, that’s also meant working from home with my children hovering over my shoulder, asking for their next snack or chance to leave the house. It’s an impossible juggle, made worse by wet weather last week keeping us indoors.
According to survey results from the Australian Institute of Family Studies, 67% of Australian parents work from home (up 25% since Australia’s lockdowns began in 2020), but their experiences are far from seamless, with 49% saying they find it difficult to combine work and care responsibilities, and 40% saying they were “always or often actively caring for children while working”.
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