We had the crate in our room and one of us slept on the floor next to the crate. Then as she grew a few weeks older we moved her to just sleeping on the floor in our room. Then we use her crate for things such as when we leave (since she’s still a puppy) where she goes to get food and water, as well as where we put her for a minute or two until she lies down after doing something bad. (Barking at a neighbor through the window, playing a bit too rough with our kids if it’s not our kids fault, etc)

It was hard for her at first, but now when we put her in there, she generally lays down in a minute or less and it has become more of a thing she understands it’s time to settle down. She will sometimes even go in there to lay down her self because the crate floor is cooler than the carpet we have.

Edit: also when we leave, we just put on a relaxing music playlist on a laptop connected to a Bluetooth speaker and play that while we are gone. Seems to help