Yeah. I hate reading threads like these because it only reminds me just how stressful lockdown has been and how much less time I’ve had to spend on my personal projects.
Still, I am glad that others have been able to turn a negative into a positive.
Edit: that said, it had been nice spending more time with the kids
Sort of depends I think. We have a four year old and two year old twins. We've found we have a ton more time. Mostly because we were forced to actually slow down and be at home instead of always on the go.
We have approximately the same kid layout, just a few years further down the road (twins with an older sibling). Once kids are in school, the situation changes dramatically. School ends up consuming a big chunk of the "work" day, so keeping up with work takes up much of what used to be "family" time, net result is that there is far less free time now than there used to be.
If both parents are working full time (not furloughed) then you often end up working early mornings and evenings to compensate for lost time during the day.
Same is also true if you have younger kids but either / both parents work jobs that require lots of formal meetings. As understanding as employers have been, there’s only so many times one can have a meeting interrupted because a doll fell over or Duplo piece fell off an impossible structure. So parents will often arrange their day where they essentially tag-team their day, meaning lost hours are made up in the early mornings / late evenings.
I didn't quite keep up with my normal responsibilities while also not quite managing to keep up with the remote learning my kids were doing.