I cannot be a full-time employee and a full-time dad at the same time. I get 5-minute spurts to get something done. Not 4-6 hours.
Hi Kto626,
I hear you. Since this choice isn't ideal for reconciliation I wanted to share some ideas--
"Remote learning" for public schools around me hasn't come close to 4-6hrs/day of live teacher video--closer to 30-45min/day. Even those attempts were halted due to technical and privacy challenges and I live in a very technological area. Are you currently required to do 4-6hrs of online video per day or that's a prediction? If it's a prediction, maybe you can wait to act until implementation gets closer.
I vaguely remember 3 years old. It's amazingly exciting and challenging. Can you plop him in front of a Leappad or similar educational play device for two 1hr sessions/day without feeling like the worst parent ever? I taught at a co-op when my son was 2-3, and at home he was occupied for a bit if I gave him clay or waterplay containers! Yes, I'd have to be prepared to change his clothes afterwards, lol.
My kids are older now, but I do 2-3hrs of live video per day. While your "space" is still expected to look professional, these days even CEOs have young children wandering in the background. I know an Ivy-league professor whose elementary school child attends her classes on dinosaurs and sometimes chimes in! Maybe small parts of your lessons could be fashioned to entertain or be taught by a young child.
