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Work or Schoolwork

Doing work or schoolwork at home

What we need when working and studying often conflicts with everyday home life.

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We're always distracting each other. image - rest state

We're always distracting each other. image - hover state

We're always distracting each other.

There's not enough room! image - rest state

There's not enough room! image - hover state

There's not enough room!

I can't focus with all this noise! image - rest state

I can't focus with all this noise! image - hover state

I can't focus with all this noise!

There's too much happening around me! image - rest state

There's too much happening around me! image - hover state

There's too much happening around me!

Work is always in my face image - rest state

Work is always in my face image - hover state

Work is always in my face

I can't enjoy my meal with all this work stuff in the way image - rest state

I can't enjoy my meal with all this work stuff in the way image - hover state

I can't enjoy my meal with all this work stuff in the way

I can't sit down! image - rest state

I can't sit down! image - hover state

I can't sit down!

I wish I could work somewhere else sometimes image - rest state

I wish I could work somewhere else sometimes image - hover state

I wish I could work somewhere else sometimes

It's so difficult to support both kids in such a busy space. image - rest state

It's so difficult to support both kids in such a busy space. image - hover state

It's so difficult to support both kids in such a busy space.

They distract each other! image - rest state

They distract each other! image - hover state

They distract each other!

There's nowhere to go where my sibling won't distract me! - resting state

There's nowhere to go where my sibling won't distract me! - hover state

There's nowhere to go where my sibling won't distract me!

It's so noisy, I can't concentrate! - resting state

It's so noisy, I can't concentrate! - hover state

It's so noisy, I can't concentrate!

I'd work here if there was less stuff in the way - resting state

I'd work here if there was less stuff in the way - hover state

I'd work here if there was less stuff in the way

There's no where to focus on my school work. - resting state

There's no where to focus on my school work. - hover state

There's no where to focus on my school work.

I need my parent's attention! - resting state

I need my parent's attention! - hover state

I need my parent's attention!

My sibling is distracting my parent from helping me. - resting state

My sibling is distracting my parent from helping me. - hover state

My sibling is distracting my parent from helping me.

When there just isn't a good place for each of you...

When there just isn't a good place for each of you...

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When there's too much else happening around you...

When there's too much else happening around you...

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When work is always in your face

When work is always in your face

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When you need a change but have no other options...

When you need a change but have no other options...

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When you need to stay close but noone can focus...

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When there's too much else happening around you...

When there's too much else happening around you...

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When you need to work somewhere else but nowhere's right...

When you need to work somewhere else but nowhere's right...

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Ideas to help

About Us

Hello, we are the At Home with Children Research Team.

Our research project allowed us to learn from the direct experiences of families who spent long hours together in their homes during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The scenarios and challenges that we present in this toolkit are based on the evidence that we have gathered directly from families with children in England and Scotland, via a large-scale survey and in-depth interviews.

Team

The At Home with Children Research Team:

Project Leaders: Rosie Parnell (Newcastle University), Sandra Costa Santos (University of Dundee).
Researcher Associates: Husam Abo Kanon, Emily Pattinson, Alkistis Pitsikali, Heba Sarhan.
Home Hack Toolkit Research Lead: Heba Sarhan.

Find Out More

You can find out more about this research on the project website.

At Home with Children: Learning from Lockdown was a research project funded by UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council [AH/V014943/1].