I have a six and nine year old. We are both working full time and even with a sitter the kids only get a couple hours of “school” in per day, tops. The six year old really not so much. If one of our jobs goes away we may actually be able to provide our kids an education but “remote learning” like we have now requires a dedicated parent educator or kids old enough and interested enough to be self directed. I don’t think it will ever be viable at scale.
I am in almost identical situation, two kids, roughly same age, both parents work full time. My wife and I had a rough time in the first couple of weeks but now the kids have gotten into a routine. They plan their day a day before and they are able to get through all the assigned work in about 5 hours. I think this can work. Everybody is still figuring it out but its seem to me we can and will do much better when the materials are better structured for online access and there is better communication between parents and teachers.
