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> Odd. My schooling never taught me not to bring kids to work. I think they are basically just saying "school used to teach people things they needed to do a j
by bluefirebrand 3y ago
> Odd. My schooling never taught me not to bring kids to work.
I think they are basically just saying "school used to teach people things they needed to do a job, but now employers have to teach people things that should be common sense (like don't bring your children to work)"
Of course some workplaces are child friendly, but many workplaces would be pretty inappropriate to bring a child, not to mention disruptive to the goal of getting work done which is what you are paid to do...
- eesmith 3y agoMy observation is the complaints haven't changed over the decades, suggesting the stated reason - two years of at-home teaching - likely isn't the actual cause. I hardly think people need to be taught that bringing a child to work is something schools have to teach. Instead, if parents had enough money to afford a sitter, then they wouldn't need to bring their children to work. If the US had good quality government-funded preschool starting at age 1, and 15 months of combined government-funded parental leave, then people would have less reason to bring their children to work. Placing the blame solely on the employee means implicitly skipping these alternative remedies.
- joe5150 3y agoIt seems misguided to assume people bringing their children to work is because they don't know any better and haven't been educated properly rather than because they have no other choice.