Message #3366

[breezyblnd]

I have always been fortunate to work places where it was ok to bring the kids in (I have 3 daughters who are now 27y, 23y and 19y).  I did not work in an office environment when the first two were little....I did home typing for a computer firm, sold Avon, sold Tupperware.  It was when the youngest was about 3yrs that I went back to an office job...and that was manager for a limo company and I frequently took her in with me, she had her toys and played under one of the desks, took naps there.  Later I went to work for a friend with a handyman service he ran out of his home and she went along with me, played quietly or watched tv, took her nap and had lunch with us.

From there I went on to be office manager for a counseling center and frequently took any one of the girls to work with me.....and they worked at a very early age.  My middle daughter used to do the monthly billing with me; she pulled files, I did billing, she copied stuff, addressed envelopes and stuffed and sealed (yes, some of this was before billing software).  They all learned how to file, make copies, answer the phones and generally handle themselves in an office from a very early age.  Today all three of them have great jobs working as Admin. Assistant (middle and youngest) and Customer Service Specialist (oldest manages an inhouse copy center for a large company).     Make a mother proud!!  

While at the counseling center there were a couple of the therapist who on occasion brought in children and they were all very well behaved and understood the need to be quiet and entertain themselves.