{"id":2863,"date":"2011-05-16T12:33:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T16:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2011-05-16T12:33:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T16:33:03","slug":"child-work-day-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/inspirational-greeting-card-tales\/child-work-day-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Your Child To Work Day 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love and totally support \u201cTake Your Child to Work Day\u201d. When my son was growing up, he would constantly ask me what I do when I go to work. Explaining it was easy, but I don\u2019t think he could imagine the way I would look or how I would talk, act or interact with the people I worked with. Whoever first convinced their employer to let them bring in their child should take a bow, because it has become widespread and accepted by a large number of forward thinking employers. My son now takes himself to work, and probably doesn\u2019t ever think about what I do on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

Feeling a little left out of this new yearly event, I watched other people\u2019s children come to work with their mother and father. Living vicariously through them I experienced how much joy and pride their parents were feeling. Not actual jealously, but always just a touch of what if.<\/p>\n

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The children had lots of fun at the office, and they learned a lot too!<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/center><\/p>\n

This year my niece mentioned that she would not be taking her daughter, Grace, to work with her and I jumped all over that. \u201cMaybe Grace would like to come with me\u201d, I offered. Believe it or not Grace was so thrilled she had to immediately pick out her outfit a week in advance. Bright and early she showed up on my doorstep for the trip to work with a backpack full of things to do, assuming she would be bored.<\/p>\n

Grace was thrilled to see that other children had come to work and there were activities for them. They were designing greeting cards, working on a newsletter and touring the office. She discovered in one day what I have always known: that I work for a fabulous company. The company provided a pizza lunch for the children, but more importantly they allowed us the time to show the children the intricate workings of a company. The president even spent time interviewing the children. Grace never opened her backpack and informed me she would be coming again next year. High praise!<\/p>\n

Three things I re-learned from taking Grace to work.:
\n1.\tIt is never too late to experience something new.
\n2.\tYou don\u2019t have to be a parent to experience parental feelings.
\n3.\tChildren will always surprise and delight you.<\/p>\n

My recommendation to you would be take the time next year to experience the total delight of having a child with you at work. If don\u2019t have your own child \u2013 borrow one. Parents are surprisingly ready to lend their children out free of charge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I love and totally support \u201cTake Your Child to Work Day\u201d. 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