The "father of the BBC" explains from South Korea what it is like to spend several weeks at home with children

In March 2017, political scientist Robert Kelly unwittingly became the protagonist of one of the most famous viral videos in the world: BBC Dad (the father of the BBC), the live broadcast of the British network in which, while Kelly spoke from her home about the removal of the President of South Korea, her children made an unexpected appearance in the room. When the Government of Spain recommended teleworking and announced that schools would close, many users on social networks recovered the video, imagining scenes like this in their homes. Kelly is currently in a situation similar to that of many of the Spanish who reminded her of these days on social networks. The South Korean government closed schools and asked citizens to stay home in late February. The teacher is recounting his experience in a Twitter thread, which he has been updating for more than two weeks.

People keep asking what it's like to be in South Korea during corona. So no, it's not World War Z; it's this. I can't go to work, and my kids can't go to school. So we're playing a lot of Connect 4 at home. / 1 pic.twitter.com/KoZ5mX2aYS

"People keep asking what it's like to be in South Korea during the coronavirus. So no, this is not World War Z; it is this. I cannot go to work and my children cannot go to school. So we played a lot to Connect 4 in this house. "

Robert Kelly started this thread on February 25. In the first tweet, the professor of Political Science and Diplomacy at Pusan ​​University in South Korea was trying to reduce the scaremongering about the situation in the country. "This is not World War Z, " he explained, referring to this novel about a worldwide zombie outbreak. “It is this [that you see in the photo]. I cannot work and my children cannot go to school. So we play Conecta 4 a lot in this house. ”

Kelly has turned this tweet into a small thread that she continues to update, in which she talks about how she is living the situation at home, with two children. Every few days, he publishes images of the activities with which he tries to keep his children entertained during the quarantine: more Connect 4 –with toys in between– and puzzles.

And today is more Connect 4, except this time with dinosaurs pic.twitter.com/OrNP0NXqlI

"And today more Connect 4, this time with dinosaurs."

Corona, off from school, week 2. Now we're doing puzzles pic.twitter.com/CLCfGCZ8Ru

"Coronavirus, week 2 without school. Now we are doing puzzles."

Today was a shark puzzle pic.twitter.com/FksBpCXaSB

"Today was a shark puzzle."

In addition to talking about her day-to-day life at home, Kelly has called for telecommuters with children to have people who have employees. "It is basically impossible for me to work now. Be nice to employees who have children. After two weeks locked up at home, the children are climbing the walls, ”he says. The teacher has left this tweet the highlighted message of his account.

This is what happens when I sit down at my desk now to try to work. It is basically impossible for me to work now. Be kind to your employees with kids. After two weeks penned up in the house, those kids are gonna be climbing the walls. pic.twitter.com/KXquOrM7Lt

"This is what happens when I sit at my desk trying to work. It is basically impossible for me to work now. Be nice to the employees who have children. After two weeks locked up at home, the children are climbing the walls "

Three years of BBC Dad

Many of the responses Kelly has received to these tweets speak to how her children have grown since the time they became famous around the world. Three years have just passed: it was on March 10, 2017 when the BBC video was broadcast in which Marion and James - that's what the children are called - interrupted their father during a direct broadcast by the British network. "I feel a mixture of surprise, shame and fun," he said in the first interview he offered after the incident, four days later. The original video, which many Spaniards have remembered these days, has exceeded 100 million views in these three years. .

Parents teleworking with children at home because of #coronavirus: https://t.co/Hcx7KZjXzp

A year later, Kelly answered on Twitter the questions she had been asked the most times since the video was posted. "First, [the video] was not ready. Our children were nine months and four years old at the time. Second, I did wear pants. I didn't get up because, as they say, the show must go on. If I had gotten up, any trace of professionalism would have vanished, "he explained.

If you want more ideas to entertain children at home, in addition to the ones Kelly has given in her thread, you can read this article about creative ideas for children without school to entertain themselves at home. And if you need more plans, here are cultural plans and initiatives to follow through the internet to make #YoMeQuedoEnCasa more bearable. And if, in addition, you have to telework, here are tips from those who have been doing it for many years and here are some exercise and stretching routines to avoid ending up with the destroyed body.

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