Is it still ok to have kids in the background of calls? My kid’s daycare is closed due to covid this week and I have a lot of calls. I’ll do my best but am so stressed.

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I have no clue but my kids are home this week and I don’t give an eff about what anyone has to say about it

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You do what you have to do. Most of our calls are waste of time. Don’t be on video, mute yourself and make a banana bread or something else for kids.

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Yes! My youngest was home last week and I tried so hard to keep her occupied during calls but when it was unavoidable, I just mentioned the “tiny human home from school.” Everyone was SO gracious and usually in the same boat! ❤️

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My little one joined a few calls last week when we were all sick with COVID. If anyone has anything to say they can go kick rocks.

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Just explain that daycare is closed due to covid and you don’t have any on demand childcare options

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One of my colleagues had her son jumping on her head and dancing behind her during a video call last week 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Also dealing with 10 days out of daycare. My son joined 3-4 calls last week with varying levels of things to say (well, babble-- he's only six months) and honestly everyone sort of loved it. My productivity took a severe dive because mothering and work, but him joining calls was not an issue.

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Am in the same boat this week. 2 positive exposures of COVID so quarantining with tiny human and daycare is closed due to COVID outbreak. Sigh and wondering how to manage work and little human.

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The kids are a major part of your life. One thing we've learned thru this 2 years is that everyone has lives outside of work. If the kids make noise while you're on meetings, there's not much you can do about it and people just have to deal with it.

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I’m with y’all—on week 2 of isolation after baby brought Covid home from daycare and has since infected the rest of us. I’m making liberal use of the new allocation of 40 APA hours

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