working hours

Could the working day be evolved into a 5 hour work day. This means that parents are able to send the kids to school and be able to pick up the kids after school. That means leaving the house at 730 and be out by 1230. This will allow parents to have lunch with the kids and to spend time with the kids. If 5 hours is insufficient to complete the work for the day, the remaining 3 hours can be from 3 to 6. Or from 6pm to 9pm and this would allow dinner at 530pm. And the 3 hours can be done at home. That would allow any meetings to be done in the office during the mornings. The lunch break of 3 1/2 hours would allow time to settle the children and to attend to some quick errands.

I think initially, the idea of working from home creates this sense of excitement making it difficult to settle down at home. But after a few sessions of working from home, one gets used to the arrangement and it becomes easier to focus. It is basically the difference between going back to the office or staying home to continue work. i think it should be workable. It's a matter of keeping track of the number of hours. Saturday or Sunday mornings could also be reserved for work to attend to any urgent work that could not be attended to during the weekday. It's a good model.