Bring Your Kid to Work Day should be everywhere because it’s one of the simplest, most powerful ways to connect generations, build future-ready kids, and humanize the workplace. When kids see where their parents work, it makes the idea of hard work real not just something they hear about. It helps strengthens bonds and sparks ambition. For companies, it boosts morale, shows off real culture, and costs almost nothing. Even one day can inspire a child, make a parent proud, and remind everyone why we do what we do.
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Yes
No, just fuck no
I work from home…
You are greatly overestimating the impact on the psyche of a child of getting dragged into work for one day
We still have this where I live. Grade nines
Please, don’t.
“Bore Your Kid At Work Day” needs to stay away
Ok Mr Milchick
Lol am i the only one who enjoyed this? My dad was so proud of me when i showed interest vs his coworker and his son who was spacing out lol.
Keep in mind i was learning about servers and computer science so i was blown away by all the advanced tech professionals used that was not commercially available.
Those are real? I just figured that’s something parents said when they couldn’t get a babysitter
My mom used to work at a bank and she brought me to work for “Bring your kid to work day”. I ended up pressing the panic button.
I have no idea how much damage a child could do to themselves, the machinery and tools in a factory I work in.
I wonder if there’s even ppe available in child sizes.
I bring my kids to work with me all the time on a food truck. They work hard and get paid.
I used to work at my dad’s office in summers (he was a doctor). It was basically just medical records and boring but it got me paid under the table from 13-17 and it was pretty easy.
They never had take your kid to work day though and it was a big office with a lot of employees. I’ve honestly only seen this on shows like the Office.
Much better idea: parent-kid days. parent gets like 5 or 10 extra days a year off specifically to spend time with their kids. company foots the bill up to maybe $200 for the day and everyone goes home with a cleaner conscience.
I work in a warehouse and probably half of my coworkers have kids. It would never be allowed due to, ya know, safety reasons and all that.
I enjoyed going to work with my dad when I could but I can’t say it inspired me in any way
I’m in the Canada Revenue Agency and work on a secure floor. I was genuinely surprised when I found out we actually do have something like that. I skimmed a memo and then one day walked into the office with all these random interns everywhere.
Never been a think for me, but I can’t see how that would be that great for the kid, I work on a pc making machines, them having to watch me do that for hours even with some explanations, that would be boring for them.
And what about people who work in more dangerous jobs? Or at least dangerous for kids, like welding, CNC, lathing, constructions, and so on? That would not be a good place for a kid.
>Even one day can inspire a child
Also I don’t think a kid will necessarily think to much about all that, again if the job is boring for the kid, or just to dangerous for the kid to do anything, then I don’t see how they would be inspired by that, sure some may, but I would suspect most would just want to go home.
I don’t have a kid, but if I did they would be dreadfully bored watching me type all day, writing emails.
I think if you have an active job like teacher, plumber, baker,…that would be really interesting for kids though!
No thanks personally because I dislike most kids. But I could be friendly and even play with them if my colleagues wanted to bring their children in.
Me “So listen up kid, your dad, and Nancy from finance over there?”
HR “No! Do not!”
I’ll bet Bring Your Kid to Work Day would be awesome if your dad’s a Navy SEAL. lol
My dad wouldn’t bring me to his work anyway even if I was still a kid. He worked in forensics for years and now mostly works with psychotic people on a teenage mental health ward. Apparently shit gets thrown around pretty regularly from the sounds of it. He even said one of the kids he works with begs people to kill her so she isn’t a burden to anybody anymore.
I agree, so long as the company makes it a fun day for everyone. I’m not brining my daughter to work so she can shadow me for 8 hrs. But if there’s a cookout, we can show them the work, make some activities I think it would really yield positive results.
Could work better for some professions more than others but I agree with you. Was a fun time seeing my dad work as a kid.
Technically a moot point in my case because I work remotely, but if I theoretically worked in an office, I wouldn’t bring my daughter there for those reasons. I don’t want to “inspire” her to have the same career I have; I want her to have a career that’s right for HER strengths and interests, which are very different. Also frankly the further away she ends up from the toxic culture of most tech companies, the happier I’ll be.
I work in community care I think my clients and their families may have a slight issue with me rocking up with a child. The insurance risks alone make me terrified.
Not that old but I would never bring anyone to my work. I have a Berlin wall between my corporate life and personal life and I intend of keeping it that way.
make your kids do work day needs to come back. and by day, i mean year.
I did that when I was a kid, needless to say, it made me hate the idea of employment more
I’m very glad this is an unpopular opinion. You guys can keep your little disease vectors at home.
Why is this unpopular???????????
Well if it matters I agree with you, OP.
Society needs to be welcoming to kids, and I hate anything that says kids should just be isolated in daycares and schools and home and never be involved in public life because SOMEONE SOMEWHERE could be allergic to crying.
people hate kids nowadays… now bring your pet to work day is perfect for our current dystopia. Fur babies!
You have never had to organize one have you? It was horrible. What nightmares are made from!
I work on an oil rig.
Hearing someone else’s child screaming in my presence doesn’t not boost morale.
Lol no thank you. Why in sweet christ would I want to spend my day surrounded by my coworkers shitty kids?
I’m a welder bro. This is the last place I’d ever encourage my kid to work.
Very unpopular. I would be “sick” so I won`t be asked to babysit. Not everybody wants to take care of someone elses kids
Orrr u could just tell ur kid hard work is important and show them videos at home about it
I agree! And people need to realize, not every job would have to be required to participate. And many jobs would cater to that day. Back when I was a youngling, going uphill both ways, my dad’s work offered little classes to learn the super basics of things that happen at his work. Also had tours to see the campus and learn a bit more about what’s made there.
I agree, but not for the reasons you described, but more so kids can get a glimpse of how jobs are without the glitz and glam of social media pr. What would be better is a sort of exchange thing where kids can “swap” parents for a day and see a different type of job that’s not the ones of their parents alone.
I loved it as a kid but that was because I’d go with my dad who was a truck driver at one point and a construction worker at another point.
I couldn’t imagine how bored I’d be going to an office with one of my parents
lol my last company (corporate office) still did this. after 30 min all of the kids were herded into the conference room to watch movies so their parents could actually get work done. good in theory, pretty useless in practice.
It’s still around?
Most office jobs are variations of typing and talking to people.
Not exactly thrilling stuff for said child, and not really an experience full of learning value.
As a childless adult who hates children, please do not do this. I don’t need snot-nosed little bastards bothering me alongside coworkers who constantly bother me.
“Sparks ambition” 🤣 have you seen office jobs? Stuff I do on my free time is much more inspiring than the cubicle I work in
We just had one at my work a few weeks ago and there were so many fun activities for the kids. Chicken nuggets and ice cream in the cafeteria, their own coffee-free special Starbucks drinks, scavenger hunts, coloring, getting their own badge. It was truly adorable and seemed like a lot of the kids had a blast!
Oh also it was limited to kids of k-12 age and they had some practical things going on for the high school age ones as well.
The kids are supposed to be at school and I’m supposed to get actual work done.
No thanks, keep us were we are supposed to be thanks. I have enough things to to, so I don’t need pointless distractions.
My moms job taking a kid to work day because of me mostly. She worked as a quality manager in a factory and some days took me in if she couldnt find a baby sitter in time. Yeah turns out workers don’t like it that only some people can bring in their kids because they happen to work in a safer area of the factory.
You are severely overestimating how much children care about their parents jobs.
I remember take your kid to work day. I was excited because they gave me candy and after an hour I wanted to go home. The majority of children are not going to learn anything meaningful by watching their parents sit at a desk and socialize with their coworkers. Any job worth watching likely wouldn’t allow kids.
No thanks.
Buddy it’s a big club and you will never be in it
Absolutely not. You are however on the right sub-reddit for this soon to be archived post.
Did it go away?
I always brought my kids to work for part of a day, but I don’t think it had a huge profound impact. They enjoyed seeing my space and not being in school for a few hours.
I think our office still does it.
The opinion well fits for the sub and it should continue staying in the sub, lol.
Absolutely not. If it does there needs to be a minimum age requirement. I’m not trying to catch RSV from your kindergartner.
Hard agree. I learned so much about office 9-5 work due to my mom not being able to afford daycare during the summer.
This is a good idea and unpopular mainly among the childless, child free and underemployed group of depressed people who dominate comments on Reddit.
I can agree for some jobs but most it just sucks. Office work – watch mom and dad on zoom. Most kids got this during the pandemic. Instead of bring your kids to work we had bring your work to your kid. Food service jobs – no. Trades, could be cool but then you’re just having family day not any actual work. As a childless person I do not miss screaming running brats putting snot all over everything
Why? K-12 is already a dry run for late stage capitalism anyway
My son’s high school has a form they can fill out( for days where there arent really classes) that will let you take them to work or a college visit or whatever that is “educational”
I’m fortunate enough to have a job that I can bring my kids in if needed. My son loves coming to work with me. I work by myself in a surface mine at a scale house. I have truck drivers come in but that is about it. My son is also older so he behaves just fine.
Your colleagues are not your babysitter. Few things would make me file a complaint faster than embracing this asinine idea.
My children’s school still does this. My daughter just recently went to my wifes work and got to help for a shift.
Oh I hope my future workplace does not do this, I would not want kids being disruptive in my space
A bunch of red states have made Bring Your Kid to Work Day a daily thing
We don’t have kids. No one has kids .we can’t afford them
I work from home – my kid comes to work with me every day before and after school.
I don’t think my job is here to inspire children or to make them “future ready.”
I agree. I would LOVE to bring my girl to work with me. It’d be difficult for me bc I work as a receptionist but it’d still be so fun lol.
Average LinkedIn lunatic post. Tell us how you inspired your your kid with B2B sales please
Hr nightmare no thanks
Ugh please no.
I LOVED when I got to go to the sheriffs office with my dad. I helped make copies, put things in envelopes, sorted mail. It was a lot of fun and I loved getting to see what it’s like
My Dad worked at “Meadow Gold Ice Cream.” 🍦 We loved visiting him at work because all of the men working would give us ice cream and ice cream bars as we walked around the factory 🏭. He loved that job until it closed down in the 90s. My mom said when he worked there he’d come home smelling like peppermint ice cream.
As someone with misophonia, thank god this is not a trend anymore.
I always hated bring your kid to work day. When I was younger I’d sit in a random corner entertaining myself for 8 hours.
As an adult I hate it since no one wants to discipline their kids anymore so they run around the office like the little menaces of society they are. I always call out on bring your kid to work day. Im not being paid to babysit 30 kids.
ugh it was encouraged at my last job and of course my team had to wrangle the kids, come up with activities, and watch them all day. i don’t like kids. i’m not opposed to the concept i guess but the kids should stay with their parents and it shouldn’t be on someone else to take care of them
I’ll take it a step further and say that parents need to be forced to spend more time with their kids. My parents used to bring us to the store, bring us to work on occasion, bring us to restaurants, basically just bring us everywhere they went in their daily lives. Which meant they were the ones dealing with us, and if we were annoying little shits they suffered the most. Why do you think we have so many entitled, spoiled, unregulated monster children? Because their parents don’t care how they act. They just hand them an iPad when they get home and make them someone else’s problem the rare time they have to bring them somewhere. Parents should have to deal with their children outside of the home more often so they truly know what little assholes they are raising.
Signed, a teacher who is sick of calling home and having parents tell me I must be mistaken because their little angel would n e v e r do that!
I don’t trust parents to parent at work when they are preoccupied as they clearly can’t in public with no obligations. So no thanks.
FUCK. THAT!
(Take the upvote)
I WFH so thankfully I don’t need to worry about this (or people who bring their pets into the office🙄). When I worked in person, I always dreaded this day.
How does it boost morale? Dealing with children fucking sucks. I would not go to work if it was take your kid to work day.
Nope. Shitty coworkers make shitty kids. It’s bad enough I have to deal with them, now I have to try double hard to ignore their sticky finger imps? Hard pass.
Why does everyone on reddit fuckin hate children so much?
Honestly? I agree. Not only can it connect generations and inspire children like OP said, it can also helo create bonds with the parent as well.
Growing up, the campus my dad worked at didnt have an official “take your kid to work day” but my dad would bring me to his workplace during the weekends on occasion. Granted, those weekends were usually just the two of us and there werent other people for me to annoy, but I have very fond memories of being in my dads lab and having him show me all kinds of cool experiments. Hell I still have souviners from some of them.
Also, taking your kid to work doesnt even have to involve doing work-related things bc I literally learned how to ride a bike from my dad teaching me on the roof of the parking garage on his campus. And the current university he works at hosts conventions so now he takes me to those (though we dont stay together during those; he goes off to do some dnd stuff and I go off to shop or smth)
I could tell you all sorts of awesome memories from my dads workplace but this comment is already long enough lol
It just happened a few weeks ago. My office had a bunch of kids there. I think they have to be under 13 though.
My son got plenty of “bring your kid to work days” since I worked from home for 4 years. He still wanted the day off though but I made him go to school.
It was in April. It’s still a thing.
Our work still does Bring Your Kid to Work. They do activities for the kids and it’s actually pretty awesome.
Bring your kid to work day is a thing and didn’t go away. They also have work based learning now so high school seniors can go to work instead of school for the last month of school.
Absolutely not. I don’t have kids and I definitely don’t want to deal kids in the office. That sounds like the worst day ever.
I was just talking to my dad this weekend about how much I loved doing this when we were young! His employer was a large aerospace manufacturer so we got to do and see some really cool stuff. Core memory for sure! My daughter also comes to my office once and a while now depending on drop off / pick up and she loves it 😆
My parents owned a bar when I was growing up. I loved this day because just play pinball then entire time lol