National Take Our Daughters To Work® and Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® Day
 Revolutionizing the Workplace is the theme for this years Take Our Daughters To Work® and Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work®, celebrated this year on Thursday, April 26, 2007. (always on the fourth Thursday in April)
It is an recommended activity for for girls and boys ages 8-12. ake Our Daughters To Work® and Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® was created by the
Ms. Foundation for Women in 1993, who states the programed is called,
"Our Daughters And Sons: When we say Our Daughters And Sons we mean more than our own children.
The Ms. Foundation encourages workplaces and individuals to ensure all our nation's daughters and sons participate in the program by inviting children from housing authorities and shelters, nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends, and more, to join them for Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work®."
Families and Employers are joining together for 15th Anniversary of National Take Our Daughters To Work® and Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® Day. 35 Million Americans projected to participate.
“Over the past 15 years, millions of children have been going to work with Mom or Dad or another trusted
adult on Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® Day,” noted Sara K. Gould, the President and CEO of
Ms. Foundation for Women. “The overwhelming success of this program has made the Ms. Foundation
even more ambitious in what we – along with the American people – will do next to nurture girls’ voices
and leadership.”
"When my daughters were younger, I found Take Our Daughters To Work Day invaluable, partly for the positive exposure to the world of work that it provided to my daughters, but also because it strengthened the bonds between us. Today, I believe in Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day more broadly as a way to educate children regarding the world of work, a way to humanize our workplaces, and as a device to teach parents about how work looks from the family side (which is often an eye-opener!). Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work is a great way to open up the workplace to issues of family, to see a side of employees that is often (and unfortunately) hidden, and to educate children, employees and managers as to options around flexibility that we either already have or should have in the future." said Robert Drago, Pennsylvania State University.
Parenting Advice from Families Online Magazine. |
