Xero

I do think you're being a little cranky. And you have zero rep power, so you're "I'll give rep to Jeremy and stick my nose up to everyone else" means absolutely nothing, because you're not giving him anything. Everyone can have an opinion on this. Yours is NOT the only correct one.

Here is my stance on things. I don't agree with people taking their kids to work with them while they're being paid to do work. I do think that kids can be annoying. I get annoyed by kids all the time. Really, I'm not a kid person. I only like my own kid and kids who are close to me for the most part. Just being honest. I get annoyed by my customers' kids all the time at work. We are not allowed to bring our kids to work however, we're not getting paid to chase our kids around all day. That doesn't make much sense to me. But I don't work an office job, so I really don't know. What I'm trying to say is that no, I don't think employees should bring their kids to work any time they like (outside of bring your kids to work day etc). That's just my opinion. Some people might like to have kids around at work, and that's fine with me.

As for your clients, that's none of your business and its not your place to judge them for bringing in their kids. I personally would rather not bring my two year old to an office where I'd be filling out paper work, but I don't always have a sitter at every beck and call so sometimes I HAVE to bring him to things I don't want to because I HAVE to do them. And customers have their kids at my job all the time, and yes sometimes they annoy me but being employed in the area of CUSTOMER SERVICE, it is my JOB to understand that some customers have kids and it is my JOB to put up with them and be understanding of their presence. I'm getting paid to do that. So are you. Yeah, it would make sense not to bring a child to maybe this particular event, but you have no idea why they have them there. They probably don't have anywhere to put them otherwise. I doubt they enjoy chasing their kids around while at the same time as trying to pay attention to you guys and filling out paper work. I'm sure that's EXACTLY why they brought them there. Just to annoy you.

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I agree Xero. My husband and I had some paperwork to sign, and we had no choice BUT to bring her as we didnt have a suitable sitter to take her. She cried and wined, and we apologized, and apologized, but there was absolutely nothing we could do, its life.

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Xero

Seriously I had to take Eli with me to pay my rent the other day (she has an office, and I just take the rent in even though I could mail it cause its right down the road from me) cause Steve was at work and I would have to drive twice as far to drop him off anywhere else than I would just to take him with me plus it would be short (but painful lol). Anyway I brought him up to the office with me and she was on the phone for a couple minutes and then with someone else before getting to me and then of course she had to talk to me a minute and write me out a reciept and the whole time Eli was just being a pain, whining and crying and trying to touch things and being obnoxious. I'll tell ya - I didn't enjoy it! Its not how I would have liked things to go! I wasn't sitting there thinking "Man, I bet my landlord just loves my son being an obnoxious little brat, and man I just love chasing him around while I'm trying to have an adult conversation, and man it sure is cute when my son lets out an ear-piercing scream just because he dropped a matchbox car!!" I just dealt with it the best I could, and I apologized. It's just a part of life. Its a part of raising kids, of being a parent. And she was very understanding, because its also a part of life when you spend it in a world full of children being born and growing up every day everywhere.

I don't think somebody with one grown child could really remember and sympathize with what its like to HAVE to cart a toddler around to annoying places. I mean, yeah you didn't bring him to work (I don't bring mine either) but you never brought him ANYWHERE with you? I mean like every single place you ever brought your son when he was a little kid was just full of people who enjoyed his presence? I mean, you really have to use some empathy skills here.

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singledad

I have to agree that bringing your child to work just to show them off is not a good idea. I love children, but I get annoyed if some else's child creates a disturbance when I'm trying to concentrate. However, like Xero said - you don't know their situations. There have been occasions when I was forced to take my daughter to work with me, simply because I had no other options. Its very easy to say get someone else to look after her, but unfortunately I don't have the priviledge of having family in town, and the friends I would trust to look after her, are not availlable in working hours.

So what would you suggest I do? Leaving her with a strange sitter is not an option - my daughter's safety is more important than your comfort.

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Father_0f_7

I dont agree with that but ok.

I was an investigator for NCIS for a while and I used to bring my daughter and older sons (they were in between 9 and 12 years old then) into work all the time. Usually if I wasnt going to an actual crime scene (don't want them seeing that) or if I was just going into the office for an hour or two. Only if Amber couldnt watch them or if I had no other choice.

Sometimes I would bring them in because, in their words, I had a cool job and they wanted to see what I did. So if I was only going in to follow up on some paper work or talk to someone about a case I would bring them in.

They would usually sit at my desk, sometimes run around the office a little but nothing that would really disturb other workers for longer than a minute or so, and if they did...I put a stop to it. Or at least tried to.

I dont think there is anything wrong with it as long as they are being respectful and not being a disturbance for a long period of time.

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marjan

I will only bring my kids to work if I'm working with Google. or something similar. On the other hand, there is now way I will allowed my kid to roam around my current work place.

I guess we should be able to know when and where it is ok to bring our kids and are the kids is ok to go to the office and such.

AmyBelle

I dotn work anymore but DH has only taken Bek to work once, I was in hospital and no one could look after her, she had a ball, he's a cop and she sat in the station and did drawings while wearing a police hat. To my knowledge she didnt bother anyone.

Sometimes it just has to be done unfortunately. As for the clients, well, thats really a non-issue as far as im concearned. Like many have said, I dont particually enjoy carting toddlers around with me everywhere, but sometimes you have to. Im not going to put Lily on a waiting list for a childcare center weeks in advance just so I can have somewhere to put her while I go to sign some forms.

I had to get a copy of her birth certificate, so had to take her to the Births, Deaths and Marriages office in the city last week. No one enjoyed that, not me, not her, not the woman behind the desk, but I had no other choice. Thats all part of having a kid.

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Flippin wicked job Christian!! Reminds me of the tv show, but im sure the real job is waaaaaaaaay cooler than the show!

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MorrisM

Well, excuse the heck out of me. I'm new on this forum and wasn't aware of rep power, I thought anybody could spread good reputation. I'm learning as I participate, but thank you for educating me.

Let me see if I understand this - you agree that kids can be annoying and you even admitted that you're not a kid person, but then you went ahead and brought a child into the world. What kind of sense does it make for someone who is not a kid person to even have children of their own?

Employees bringing children to work is exactly what this topic is all about, and you apparently agree with my stance, so why are you expressing bitterness?

No, it's not my business to deny them applications or credit simply because they brought their children with them. That would be discrimination, and a violation of the Fair Credit Act. But it is rather interesting to point out that many people with small children have been denied loans through our institution because of poor credit history; whereas childless people or older people with grown children have top-notch credit history, and have no problem with obtaining loans.

Perhaps you missed the part of my post that stated our firm has on-site child care. Employees and clients are more than welcome to use our daycare center. Many other companies have similar set-ups, so accommodations have been made for those with small kids; therefore, there is no reason to bring children into the office. In our case, people bring them in just to show them off.

Normally, I don't mind being around children as long as they are well-behaved and are quiet. The problem is that children become bored and restless very easily in a place like an office environment, and that's when they begin to run around, make noise, and become pests. These days, many parents are afraid to discipline their kids, and other employees are too afraid to complain about incidents like this because things have become so overly politcally-correct.

MorrisM

As I explained, childcare centers are readily available - usually at or nearby the sites. Many firms have these accommodations, so there is a solution if parents have nobody to leave them with. Many of these on-site centers don't charge anything. I know that off-site daycare can be expensive, but I look at it this way - you made the choice to have children, so you pay the cost for it.

I realize parenting can be a tough job. I am parent myself, I have a son who went through some difficulty with behavior problems from time to time when he was little, but I never would subject my fellow co-workers to his behavior issues. Of course, things were a little different back then. People tended to show more respect and consideration for others than they do now.