What are Meredith Masony's signature techniques for distance learning?

Hi, I’m Meredith Masony from That’s Inappropriate.

When I talk about “distance learning rules for parents,” the techniques are really about survival with a side of sanity:

• Clear house rules: Kids need to be dressed, fed, and not Zooming from under a table. Pants are not optional.
• Parent boundaries: No hovering, no whispering answers off‑screen, and for the love…no wandering through the background in a towel.
• Distraction control: Put the pets, siblings, and especially the random backyard wildlife (looking at you, “python in the cage”) out of camera view.
• Humor first: Laugh at the chaos so you do not cry through the entire school year.

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