Working From Home When The Kids Are Home From School Gloria Calhoun, M.Ed. Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus and the spread of COVID-19, thousands of schools have been closed and millions of children throughout the US are out of school using digital learning to complete school work. Many jobs are allowing their employees to work from home to prevent the spread of the virus. While working from home is regular practice for some, it may be new to many others. I work for a company that provides the opportunity to work from home.  Over the years, I've learned a few things that may help to make it a tad bit easier.    Conference calls and online meetings can be difficult. Sometimes it seems that as soon as I dial the access code, my kids (the young and the older ones) have tons of questions or they need something. First, understand and accept that kids will be kids. Unfortunately, they don’t understand that when mom and dad are at home working...