If that is true, this is a management failure. I work remotely and if I did not open my laptop for 2 hours I would get a phone call. If his managers are letting people get away with that, that is all on them.
This moron also said I do believe that only the rarest of full-time caregivers can also be productive and full-time employees at the same time.” These kinds of sweeping statement are not helping the idea that anyone in upper management gets what is going on with workers. Yeah, it is hard to work from home with kids, but not impossible and totally doable.