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Arrgh! OT
What Helen said. I too have had to take my child to work and have had many
compliments on his behavior. Hazel Az "wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX" wrote in message ... Assuming its a once-off, one could argue that it was some sort of emergency with day care, the baby sitters, the school, the other parent, or whoever takes care of the little ones while that parent is at work. Having worked in family friendly workplace some time ago (now it's very family friendly, I work from home!!), and having taken Nathan into the office - there was no-way, no-how I would have left him "in the care of" my co-workers who had their own jobs to get on with. Nathan understood the rules - it was work. No touching of anything electrical, no touching of computers, phones, etc., etc.. No disturbing anyone at work. He took in books and "quiet toys" so he had plenty to keep him occupied. If I'd ever had any complaints about Nathan's behaviour, 1. I'd have been mortified that *I'd* let my co-workers down and 2. I'd have made sure Nathan knew what had been unacceptable and 3. Both he & I would have apologised to those concerned. As a result of his early exposure to the world of work, I now have a teenager who will answer the phone at home office *impeccably* and will make tea/coffee for clients/business reps who come to our office, and for a fourteen year-old, he has a mature attitide in many ways and who can interact with adults very well. He isn't perfect, but for a teenager, he's remarkably human ;-) The occasional taking him to the workplace has benefits to him, and to a workplace too, I think, as it shows workers without kids that life with kids can be pretty demanding, and when the child is well-behaved, it shows not all offsprinbg are Little Horrors [TM] ;-) BUT, ground rules on behaviour of kids in the workplace are *essential* Cheers, helen s ~~~~~~~~~~ This is sent from a redundant email Mail sent to it is dumped My correct one can be gleaned from h$**$*$el$**e$n$**$d$**$o$*$t**$$s$**$im$mo$ns*@a$ **o$l.c$$*o$*m*$ by getting rid of the overdependence on money and fame ~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Julie Cook wrote in message ...
VentWill somebody please tell my why it is considered acceptable to bring young children to the office and leave them alone in your office while you go off to the lab to work?Vent Off Sorry, I think I've reached the frustration point and it is only 11:30 a.m. Julie Youngest I'd leave a child in my office during working hours and I was outside of said office would be 12 and that's only! because a good friend of mine has a churchmouse quiet 12 year old. Otherwise, as soon as they could sit still and shut up for more than a couple hours (14ish? maybe?). Also only if they could behave. I remember running around town in highschool, (by myself in my car, driving age) and visiting Dad in his office from time to time. It was a cool hang-out spot for a few minutes but normally he was too busy to visit and I'd bail. So I guess, ideally if they're old enough to stay home by themselves, it's possible they're well behaved enough to visit the workplace. Anything else is unfair and disrespectful to fellow coworkers. Grace |
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