How to handle children in the office

People carry their young’uns to work for various reasons: sometimes they can’t get a sitter to watch the child, so they just take them along to the office, and sometimes they just want to show off how cute their kid is. Quite frankly, Junior could be as cute as the Gerber baby, he/she has no place in the office. None!

If you work in a nuclear power plant, the inappropriateness is quite obvious, but even in a comfortable corporate office where a stapler is the most hazardous item within reach, the office is not a safe place for children. For one, they are at risk for being clobbered by an annoyed coworker who’s had it with the child rummaging through his files. Though that’s an extreme case, the general idea is that children in the office is inappropriate at all levels. It is a recipe for distraction and mistakes, not only for the parent in question, but also for the unfortunate coworkers who are forced to endure kiddie interaction.

Rebecca Mazin laments on why you should never take your children to work with you.