Make sure they've done it by the evening.
Daddy I want to watch YouTube of DanTDM hooting like a monkey while playing Minecraft.
Daddy why aren't you famous like DanTDM?
Daddy multiplication is hard, can you do it for me?
Etc.
Looking forward to your one-size-fits-all response.
(Personally I doubt if many other two word directives are as resoundingly difficult. Maybe "Shave a yak." or "Solve P vs NP".)
Either way you asked for a "one-size-fits-all response". I thought you were being playful.
We’re only two weeks into the term, and it’s been hell. With kids in primary school, unless you spend hours with them in the morning, they won’t be able to follow the set instructions without a million questions. We’re now getting up early and doing 2 hours of school before we both start work, and then doing another hour after I finish work. It’s stressful as fuck, but it just blows my mind when I think of parents who don’t have the luxury of WFH or who can’t understand some of the shit that schools are sending home.
We’ve talked to multiple parents, and ALL have cried along with the kids because they’re not coping. Some have even sent their kids back to school because it was unsustainable.