I realized that my kids behave really differently when they know I'm around, even if I shut the door and tell the I'm busy working. So to help out my (young) children's babysitter and at her request, today I moved downstairs with my husband to a room that's like an in-laws quarters and outside our main house. and told them I was going to work (as in, in my office, as usual). It was like night and day in terms of productivity levels. Has anyone else figured out a way to do this? I had a video conference today with someone who had a makeshift office under his staircase in the basement. It was dark and the dog kept barking but we both had a good laugh at the Harry Potter analogy.