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Speaker 1: you by the AD Council. Good morning, this is Laura.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the New Corner Office, the podcast where we

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Speaker 1: share strategies for thriving in the new world of work

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Speaker 1: or location and hours are more flexible than in the past.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is about how to manage childcare when you

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Speaker 1: work from home. Long term, working from home isn't really

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Speaker 1: a way to avoid the issue of childcare if you

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Speaker 1: have young kids. Now maybe it can look a little different,

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Speaker 1: but to work from home effectively when you have young children,

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Speaker 1: some other adult other than you needs to be in

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Speaker 1: charge during whatever hours you choose to work. I began

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Speaker 1: working from home before I had children, and when my

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Speaker 1: first son was born, my family lived in a one

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Speaker 1: bedroom apartment. I did not see how this could work

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Speaker 1: with us being on top of each other, so I

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Speaker 1: enrolled my son in a daycare a few blocks from home.

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Speaker 1: He loved being around lots of other kids, and since

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Speaker 1: it was closed, I could come visit him over lunch,

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Speaker 1: but the frequent illnesses proved somewhat stressful for all of us.

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Speaker 1: By the time kid number two arrived, we moved to

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Speaker 1: a two bedroom apartment and hired a nannie. Of course,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't a huge two bedroom of hartment, so we

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Speaker 1: still had something of the issue of being on top

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Speaker 1: of each other, and so we had to come to

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Speaker 1: a solution, And through various years and homes and caregivers,

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Speaker 1: we've still used the same solution. We have a conversation

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Speaker 1: that while the primary job is keeping the kids safe

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Speaker 1: while my husband and I are working, a secondary consideration

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Speaker 1: is keeping the kids out of the home office. To

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Speaker 1: that end, we get memberships to various areas zoos, play places, museums,

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Speaker 1: and so forth, so there's always a good place to

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Speaker 1: go during the hours I need quiet, or there was

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Speaker 1: until the coronavirus hit the past few months. Have been

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Speaker 1: challenging for sure. Of course, you don't have to hire

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Speaker 1: a sitter. If you are in a two parent family

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Speaker 1: and both of you have flexible jobs that can scale

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Speaker 1: down a little bit. One option is for both of

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Speaker 1: you to aim to work about thirty hours a week.

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Speaker 1: Someone can work an eight to one shift, someone can

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Speaker 1: work from one to six with some doubling up over

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Speaker 1: nap time. Add a few early mornings or the occasional

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Speaker 1: weekend stint, and the numbers come out. Okay, you can

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Speaker 1: cover for each other. If your kids are old enough

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Speaker 1: to be in school, then you can aim to work

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Speaker 1: during the hours they are there. Again, more challenging during coronavirus.

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Speaker 1: The past few months have shown that school isn't exactly

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Speaker 1: a fool proof childcare solution, so you might want to

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Speaker 1: think about a backup, like sharing care with a neighbor

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Speaker 1: family or convincing a relative to step in. If you're

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Speaker 1: in a pinch now, It's true that you can get

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Speaker 1: by with no care during emergencies, I've done it, But

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Speaker 1: long term, if you're looking at a situation where you're

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Speaker 1: working from home and schools or daycares are closed in

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Speaker 1: your area or the future is uncertain or you don't

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Speaker 1: feel comfortable sending your kids. You need a solution where

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Speaker 1: you know you can reliably have some quiet, focused hours.

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Speaker 1: You want to know that when a client schedules a call,

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Speaker 1: you can take it and be your best self as

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Speaker 1: you do. Sure, maybe your toddler takes long naps, but

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Speaker 1: it is inevitably the day you are pitching a project

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Speaker 1: to your biggest client that you're toddler who normally naps

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Speaker 1: at one pm Alex not to. If parents can't reliably

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Speaker 1: trade off, then you'll need to find someone else, and

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Speaker 1: that probably means hiring at least a part time sitter.

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Speaker 1: As with any other job, you get the best people

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Speaker 1: by paying well, keeping regular hours, and providing a supportive

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Speaker 1: job environment. In this era, I think it's okay to

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Speaker 1: ask about social distancing philosophy to make sure you're hiring

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Speaker 1: someone who shares your views. You might also look to

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Speaker 1: hire someone who can help with distance learning if that's

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Speaker 1: going to be part of your schedule. I'll add here

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Speaker 1: that anyone who works hours that you set is your employee,

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Speaker 1: so you need to have an employer I D number

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Speaker 1: and withhold all required taxes. But when you know you'll

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Speaker 1: have focused work hours, you can do your best while

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Speaker 1: you're working. You can put the mental energy you would

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Speaker 1: have put into juggling into coming up with new ideas.

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Speaker 1: Long term, this makes it easier to enjoy the kids

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Speaker 1: and relax during the time you choose not to work

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