Balancing family and work-from-home activities
Back to blogThe morning rush, the drive to school, and then to the office are a ritual.
until we have respite to pull ourselves together and gather our strength for
a new day. Perhaps that's why, when we get to the office, we already have a clearer
define the day's agenda.
It's different now. And no, we're not going to discuss if we work from a laptop
pajamas, or with a pet in your arms, but we will analyze methods by which
Can we achieve balance between teleworking and family activities, which
takes place concurrently with those of the other family members, under the same
roof.
Although telework after working from home
were legislated by the Government of Romania in April 2018, offering the possibility
to work from home, most companies and implicitly employees,
experiencing working from home for the first time. And the real challenge is in
parents' turn with children, because they have to create a workflow, but in
At the same time, they shouldn't neglect their family—and especially their young children, who understand
hardly or not at all the new context.
What are the premises?
to create a balance between office work and being a parent, both
from home, at the same time, we learn from Gabriela Maalouf,
psychologist specializing in parenting, mother of two, and a resident of
Greenfield.
1. How do we stay motivated in our work, despite the situation in
present?
I believe that working during this period is really a solution to not us
deep in thought and negative scenarios. I recommend a balance, don't overdo it
with the program allocated to work, neglecting the other important aspects of life
to anyone: family, personal time, rest.
2. What are the magic solutions for parents who want to work but also
don't make children feel ignored, disinterested, or like they aren't playing, in
The 8-hour workday?
One method is to create a table with everyone's daily routine. Little by little,
The child is aware of when it's the parent's work time and also sees
overall, the father dedicates more time to activities
playground, now that she's staying home. For the little ones, I recommend stimuli
visual or auditory (to tick a box, to ring a bell) after they finish a
Program activities.
Placing playtime within a specific time frame helps the child to
to give you a sense of when that long-awaited moment will come. I've tried many things
games, activities, and solutions, but only two of them have yielded long-term results
longer. The bunkers and the bubble bath. At the bunkers, we each make our own
cut and we work or play there, giving the child a temporal landmark: Look
Now we each go to our own tent, I'll work, and you do 2 puzzles sauce
any game we know they prefer, but we mention how many times they play it (this is
time marker for children who don't know how to tell time yet.
In
there with the foam and toys. We sit on a chair nearby, supervising, while
what are we working on, what do we need. It can take quite a bit of time, but no longer than
The water will cool down.

We always complain about time. We don't spend time with loved ones because we don't have time.,
we are not reading anything because we don't have time anymore. And we are not exercising, for the same reason.
motif. Now something is changed. Now, we have about 2 extra hours in each
that time spent in traffic, to strictly do what we feel. Which ones of you
What activities do you allocate these 2 times a day in your life?
#EverythingWillBeOkay
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