What if work involves travel?
If you travel a lot for your job, you may think that the goals and lessons of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day aren’t for you. But Carolyn McKecuen says taking a child along on a business trip — today or any day — is a great way to teach lessons about work, the family-work balance and how to behave when out on the road.McKecuen is the president of the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Foundation and says the lessons can begin when you head out the door. “You can show your child how to behave in busy traffic and how to be nice to a seatmate on a plane.” You can also point out the ways in which the people who work at the airport, on the airplane, at the rental car counter and the hotel are part of your work day. “Talk to them,” says McKecuen. “Ask questions and encourage your child to ask questions. It makes you and your child more aware of the fact that these people are working and working really hard for you.”Click for related content Discuss: Mixing kids with business‘Cal
