Do you take your child out of school to attend bring your child to work day?

[Anonymous]

I've taken my younger child the last two years when she was in 2nd and 3rd. My older child has never attended because he doesn't want to miss school and get behind. Trying to figure out what to do now that the younger one is in 4th. Do you pull your child out of school for bring your child to work day and at what age would you stop? My work has a program that day and it is geared toward ages 8 plus.

[Anonymous]

No. The kids interests are served better at school.

[Anonymous]

Yes , my 4th grader is looking forward to it.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I take my kids out. One kid one year, the other kid the next year, the first kid the next year, etc.

[Anonymous]

In some cases, the whole class tends to go someplace. I was a volunteer at the school but with no kids and they asked about having some of the kids to my workplace with me as a sort of placement for the kids who didn't have parents that could take them into their place of work for whatever reason. This is VA.

[Anonymous]

Only my daughter. I find it really irksome that the day was changed away from its original intent because "inclusion."

I make a really big point of it being a productive day, giving her "real" (age appropriate) tasks, having her dress up, teaching her how to have a good firm handshake and answer adult questions, talking with her to prepare her and talking with her afterwards about her experience, etc. I pretty much create a mini curriculum plan to ensure she gets way more value out of it than being in school that day.

I've worked places in the past where it had basically become a chance for parents to "show off" their kids, they had all kinds of games and parties and treats for kids. Totally against the intent behind the day, I hate it. I want her to experience a "real" (like I said, age appropriate) day.

[Anonymous]

DS is in 1st. He has come since he was 4 and loves it.
I asked the teacher if it counts as an excused absence. She didn't know but said to absolutely do it. She recounted how she loved it as a kid.

I work at the World Bank so there are activities for the kids to learn about what we do here. That said it is not nearly as organized as when I first joined 17 years ago. This was back when it was Bring Your Daughters to Work Day. Each VPU had tons of activities. It dwindled year by year but seems to be on an upswing.

[Anonymous]

I didn't last year but I would say 2/3 of the other parents in our private school did so I'm thinking about doing it this year.

[Anonymous]

I would rather have the kids 'teach' what they know to the teacher(s) for a day or 30 minutes. Then, you get a sense on how much they know and practice leading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would rather have the kids 'teach' what they know to the teacher(s) for a day or 30 minutes. Then, you get a sense on how much they know and practice leading.

[Anonymous]

At our elementary school it's almost expected that students will be out that day.

We take our children to NIH, which has a ton of science activities for children - so popular that they release the list in advance, and you have to register quickly otherwise the coolest experiments are gone that morning. It's WAY more interesting than whatever they learn in school!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only my daughter. I find it really irksome that the day was changed away from its original intent because "inclusion."

I make a really big point of it being a productive day, giving her "real" (age appropriate) tasks, having her dress up, teaching her how to have a good firm handshake and answer adult questions, talking with her to prepare her and talking with her afterwards about her experience, etc. I pretty much create a mini curriculum plan to ensure she gets way more value out of it than being in school that day.

I've worked places in the past where it had basically become a chance for parents to "show off" their kids, they had all kinds of games and parties and treats for kids. Totally against the intent behind the day, I hate it. I want her to experience a "real" (like I said, age appropriate) day.

You sound like a lot of fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only my daughter. I find it really irksome that the day was changed away from its original intent because "inclusion."

I make a really big point of it being a productive day, giving her "real" (age appropriate) tasks, having her dress up, teaching her how to have a good firm handshake and answer adult questions, talking with her to prepare her and talking with her afterwards about her experience, etc. I pretty much create a mini curriculum plan to ensure she gets way more value out of it than being in school that day.

I've worked places in the past where it had basically become a chance for parents to "show off" their kids, they had all kinds of games and parties and treats for kids. Totally against the intent behind the day, I hate it. I want her to experience a "real" (like I said, age appropriate) day.

You sound like a lot of fun.

I hear what you are saying but feminism isn't only about girls but also our boys. I want my son to come to my work place and see a place where women have serious jobs and where my boss and the CEO of my organization are women. So when he hears "boss" he doesn't think of a man and that "going to the office" isn't only something that dads do.

[Anonymous]

No. Work is not childcare.

Who thought this was a good thing ? It's dumb.

[Anonymous]

No, I'd be too embarrassed...