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Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent have two children, 5-year-old Poppy and 2-year-old Oskar. - Berkus told Insider that being home with his kids during the pandemic has been "challenging in some ways and beautiful in others."
- He also said he struggles to help Poppy with her kindergarten math homework.
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"Our kids are 5 and 2 — it's been a zoo. It's been absolutely crazy," Berkus told Insider while promoting a partnership with Starbucks to help families take virtual family portraits.
But he said the time at home has also allowed him to be part of experiences he'd usually miss.
"It's also been really fun to see 'Oh, I get to hand out snacks at snack time,' and I get to really spend time with them in a way that — whether it's just going for a walk to the mailbox — these things I know I would have missed if I was on the road and working and crazy and on my phone and doing all this stuff," he said.
Five-year-old Poppy attends kindergarten virtually. Berkus is doing his best to help with her homework, with 2-year-old Oskar also in the mix."Respect to the teachers out there," he said. "[I've been] trying to help my daughter with her classes — it's a little bit embarrassing that I'm hesitant on kindergarten math, but that's just reality. I'm facing it head on."
Even with all of the interrupted Zoom calls and schoolwork struggles, Berkus is grateful for the time with his family.
"It's been very, very different and obviously challenging in some ways and beautiful in others," he said. "I've caught those little moments that I normally wouldn't have seen, and it's been pretty great."