Kids at Work Day

My employer celebrated the last day of summer with "Bring Your Kids to Work Day". The office was filled with fun activities such as bingo, guitar hero, musical chairs, a scavenger hunt, and Jack's favorite, a room filled top to bottom with candy, Willy Wonka style. As Jack left Nestle he declared, "Mom, this was the BEST day ever".

I find myself comparing today to "Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day", celebrated annually in July with the intention of exposing girls and boys to what parents do during the work day and providing them an opportunity to envision the future and begin steps toward their end goals. Somehow, at Nestle, and many other corporations, this day transitioned from a mentoring experience to a day of play.

I hope in a few years, when Jack joins me for in "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" in July, he will have the opportunity to share my work day and form visions of the future, and not just visions of sugar plums.