'BBC Dad' & family return for another live TV interview about working from home with young kids

‘BBC Dad’ & family return for another chaotic live TV interview about working from home with young kids

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Who could forget the ‘BBC Dad’, the professor who became an internet sensation after his children hilariously and adorably invaded a live television interview in 2017?

Professor Robert Kelly, his wife Jung-a Kim and two children Marion and James, have once again graced our screens, talking to the BBC about the messy reality of working from home with kids during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The interview was once again chaotic, with Marion and James excited and energetic, interrupting their parents and jumping around. It’s real and more relatable than ever as millions of people around the world deal with working from home with young children.

The family shared tips on how to deal with children cooped up at home during the pandemic, and also shared what life was like at the moment where they live in South Korea.

“Excited about being on telly,” the BBC News hosts said as the kids settled in for the interview. “That’s not the first time.”

“A couple times a week, we hike a hill,” Kim said when asked how the kids were coping with the social distancing measures in place in South Korea.

“This is spring season in Korea, so we try to go see the flowers and trees — and they can shout and scream.”

“It’s been tough for us, I mean, as you can see it’s very difficult and I put this on twitter too, right, that you know, employers who have employees with kids our age – it’s very, very difficult,” Kelly added.

“I think maybe as far as work done a day, maybe three (hours) with this,” Kelly said as his daughter Marion interrupted him, wanting attention.

“We’re fighting with them all the time, they got nothing to do, they’re climbing the walls. It’s just really, really tough. There are only so many games you can play and puzzles you can do, before they just kind of run around.”

At one point in the interview, Kelly began to apologise for his children’s disruptive behaviour.

“Sorry, my kids are…” he said

“No, no,” the BBC host said. “That’s one thing you can never apologise for now. It’s part of the scene.”

A couple of weeks ago, Kelly took to Twitter posting an image of his son sitting on his shoulders.

“This is what happens when I sit down at my desk now to try to work,” he captioned the image.

“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.”

Check out the original interview from 2017 below:

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