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PDA for Kids

Sunday, April 28th, 2002 at 9:33 AM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog 4 comments

A Day, and a Toy, for a Daughter explores Take Your Kid (politically correct, OK?) to Work Day along with a Fisher-Price Pixter, which has been billed as a Palm for kids. Don’t expect kids to start storing addresses and homework assignments with it, it has a touch-sensitive screen that lets the kids play games.

I guess it’s like a training PDA?

My city doesn’t support Take Your Kid to Work Day. If you take your kid out of school for it, it will be considered an unexcused absence. On one hand, I agree taht school is important. On the other hand, doesn’t it pay for our kids to see what our day is like when they’re in school?

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4 comments

Posted by NJ Meryl on April 28th, 2002, 2:58 PM
Your city has no right to tell its parents what to do with their kids.

Hey–I sense a few thousand stomach-aches coming on for that day.
Posted by Lyle Kantrovich on April 29th, 2002, 12:18 AM
My sense is that Take Your Kid to Work Day is a great idea — but in practice, your kid doesn’t really get to see what you do, rather they see what you do on a special day when your kid is visiting. I’d prefer my kids just stay in school — they have all their summer vacation to come to work with me if they like.
Posted by meryl / @merylkevans on April 29th, 2002, 7:07 AM
Lyle – that’s a great point. Usually companies put special programs for the day. I think summertime is a better time for the kid to see where you work. Some days, I spend most of the time at the computer and not in meetings, so there would not be anything to see.
Posted by robyn on April 29th, 2002, 2:52 PM
The top 5% of my class were invited to a “become a Conoco exec for a day” thing (and our school didn’t penalize us for going) — but it was one of the most lame things I’ve ever been to — nothing like a real work day at all. I agree that most companies wouldn’t give you a “real” look with that many children around, either. But then again, I’m always for an excuse to cut class…