Sure you can. There is no point in a child's life that requires undevoted attention 100% of the time.
There is no point in a child's life that requires 100% attention during the day.
Even once they reach preschool/primary they don't.
You are of the opinion that it is more important that an employee be available 100% of the time from 9 to 5, I am of the opinion that it is most important that an employee get their job done.
I would 100% prefer a competent employee where I have to block out some brief segment during the day, than someone less capable where I can schedule a meeting whenever I like from 9 to 5.
I would also 100% prefer an employee I can trust to do their job regardless of supervision than someone who needs hand holding for everything.
Handholding is for interns and new employees learning how to work in industry (vs. academia or opensource).
I expect FTEs to be able to do their job without persistent oversight, and I expect them to do their jobs without persistent oversight.
As a parent and a very crappy multitasker I try to be 100% present into what I am doing: spending time with my kids&family or working. Mixing the two doesn't really work for me and context-switching is also very costly.
Which is completely fair, but it's also wrong to do what folk are doing in this thread and state that that is universal, and that therefore at least one parent must be unemployed (I don't think that is the intent, but it is the outcome of what they are stating is fact: you can't WFH if you have kids, and therefore RTO is the only option, but you can't RTO if you have kids).
There is no point in a child's life that requires 100% attention during the day.
Even once they reach preschool/primary they don't.
You are of the opinion that it is more important that an employee be available 100% of the time from 9 to 5, I am of the opinion that it is most important that an employee get their job done.
I would 100% prefer a competent employee where I have to block out some brief segment during the day, than someone less capable where I can schedule a meeting whenever I like from 9 to 5.
I would also 100% prefer an employee I can trust to do their job regardless of supervision than someone who needs hand holding for everything.
Handholding is for interns and new employees learning how to work in industry (vs. academia or opensource).
I expect FTEs to be able to do their job without persistent oversight, and I expect them to do their jobs without persistent oversight.