I didn't have time to be the father I wanted when I was working in-person. I give my employees the same flexibility I needed.

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• My business employs 10 remote workers, some of which have kids.
• My 1-year-old shows up in virtual meetings, blabbing and touching my keyboard.
• More companies should allow flexibility to remote working parents.

My 1-year-old son wriggles in my lap during many of my work meetings, his curls peeking onto the bottom of my video screen. While I discuss the details of our company's latest project...