From the course: Working from Home: Strategies for Success

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Stick to a routine

Stick to a routine

- If you are managing a job, a business, and your kids, you need to stick to a routine. Get your kids up at the same time every day and give 'em their task, shower, brush their teeth, read for 30 minutes, you just need to make sure that you keep your kids on a schedule. I would even make out a written schedule, tape it to the wall or to your refrigerator, so that your kids know what's happening. If your kids are not currently in a online homeschool situation, set up one yourself. Go to scholastic.com, go to Khan Academy, PBS Kids, set them up on virtual tours of museums and things, so that they can still be learning during this time that they're out of school. The last thing you want to do is just let them pick what they're going to do. Keep 'em to a routine, and that way, everyone will know what to expect and it'll be a lot more standard for you, as their mother or father, and their teacher. So keep everyone on a…

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