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Evil Stepmother · Guru

Do you take your kids to work?

safety_mom · I'm really not that safe!

It's ok at my work.

I'll never forget bringing Nik-Nik to work one time when she was younger, sticking her in the conference room with a Disney movie to watch, and when I came back to check on her, she was sharing a chair with my boss's son.

It was too cute! We have a huge conference table that seats about 15 people, and they were sharing a chair.

That was on a weekend though. I would never stick her in a room somewhere during normal business hours.

The old comptroller used to come get Tweety from my office when she was little and take her to her office to color. That was after hours. Back then, I occasionally had to go pick the kids up from daycare and then come back to finish up. Sometimes I'd let Tweety help me with the barcode labels for the next day's production run. She liked that.

Hmmm... come to think of it, mostly I brought the kids when I was working outside normal work hours.
That doesn't mean I never brought them during the business day though. But when I did that, they sat at my desk and were SILENT. And I mean, silent. I did not allow them to talk. Occasionally, I might let them get up, walk around the desk, and whisper in my ear. But they knew better than to fidget, talk, and make noise. And BOTH of my girls are ADHD too.

Desdenova · Motherhood: Sleep is for the weak!!

I do, but I don't have a choice, she's inside me right now and it's not the right moment for her to be out.
Thehehehehe

When she's born she'll be staying with my mom so no problem there :D

safety_mom · I'm really not that safe!

Desdenova wrote:
I do, but I don't have a choice, she's inside me right now and it's not the right moment for her to be out.
Thehehehehe

When she's born she'll be staying with my mom so no problem there :D

LOL. Too funny.

Is she surely a she? I think I missed that announcement. How exciting! I love being the mom of girls.

Desdenova · Motherhood: Sleep is for the weak!!

Doctor said baby was a she, I saw the ultrasound and the potty shot did looked like a hamburger not a turtle so I'm convinced it's a girl. Although all of my symptoms are considered to be "boy" symptoms LOL.

RichardInTN · I believe in I.D.I.C.

NO. Never. Children do not EVER belong at work unless it's a preplanned, preapproved "Bring your spawn to work day" for everyone (which I dont' really advocate either... but they do happen).

Evil Stepmother · Guru

You work with customers, though don't you Richard? Kid's wouldn't work out at that type of workplace at all. I took one my cats to work in a carrier once because she had a mid morning vet appointment. I took her home afterward then went back to work. Having her with me already saved me about thirty minutes of having to go back home to get her.

dqm either · Don't Quote Me

My children ARE my work. Lord help me.
you'd think it would get easier once half of them were grown and launched but it seems that no matter how many you have you give it everything you've got.

RichardInTN · I believe in I.D.I.C.

Evil Stepmother wrote:
You work with customers, though don't you Richard? Kid's wouldn't work out at that type of workplace at all. I took one my cats to work in a carrier once because she had a mid morning vet appointment. I took her home afterward then went back to work. Having her with me already saved me about thirty minutes of having to go back home to get her.

Yes, I work with customers... but that's not why I disagree with bringing kids to work. Your employer is paying you to put them first for that 8 (or how-ever-many) hours that you are paid to be there each day. They are not paying you to be a mom or dad. And even more importantly, they are not paying your co-wrokers to deal with your kids either.

huckleberry · Senior Member

I've brought my kids along to work on weekends, mostly. I brought my newborns into the office on a couple of weekday occasions when they were too young to be away from me (I'm talking within a few weeks of birth, while I was still officially on maternity leave) and there was soemthing pressing I had to do. And when the kids were older I made sure that they came along to work with me a couple of times just to see what I do all day. I took them to court so they could step up to the bench and get their names ont he court record, which was a thrill. I've always been salaried and worked at least 60 hours a week, so if I was slightly less productive on those days my employer was still not losing out.

There are jobs (and days and times in others) where having kids along isn't a problem and it's OK with the employer, I see nothing to approve or disapprove of.