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I don't think anybody resonanbly claims you can do remote work and care for children at the same time.

But not having to commute gives more time to be with your children. Being at home let's you see them briefly on breaks (if you have a partner or in home care caring for them at home). Makes it easier to bring them to/from daycare or your

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Yep the extra flexibility is very helpful and convenient, but with years passing it becomes the norm. And kids needs increase with age, not decrease. So at some point you may realize that there's no more flexibility, you have been stretched to the limit or even further and everything is suffering - you, your work and your family. That's why I think it's dangerous - instead of having a clean cut between work and family we take it just a little bit further every time , all seems fine and productivity is unaffected, and so on until something snaps. So I'd rather say don't make such arrangements the norm because there's no easy way back to full work/family separation

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