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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know. . . I have a kid and would not do this unless it was an emergency (no childcare and some urgent thing to do at work). But honestly, I avoid doing it -- my husband or I will take the day off to stay home with DS if daycare is closed. I understand not everyone has paid leave, so if that's your situation, I understand, but for people who could take the day off, I generally feel like that's what parents are supposed to do when childcare falls through. [/quote]

But when you both have something that needs to get done (deadlines don't automatically shift because it snowed in DC!), meetings to attend, it is better for the employer if your child accompanies you to the office. If your DC is still in daycare, your opinion on this might change when he enters real school. Most schools have more days off during the school year (not including the 12 weeks of summer break, for which camps are very hard to find for some of those weeks) than most people have vacation days. And that is before snow days enter the calculations!

As for it "not being done" in white collar jobs...for those employers that have joined the modern era of both men and women working, it is done. If you don't like it, start working to change the school calendar and child care options.

I feel very fortunate to have a child who can behave at the office and is not frowned upon.[/quote]

+1  Well said.[/quote]

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