Forget maternity leave. Don't bother with daycare. Just bring your children to the office with you every day.
That's a reality for several parents described in this New York Times story,
including the head of a Manhattan investment boutique who has equipped
her daughter with a playroom just outside her office where the girl can
spend the day (with a babysitter) while Mommy slaves away in the
financial sector. And she's not the only one. Borshoff, a
communications firm in Indianapolis, has a Bring Your Baby to Work
program that allows their working parents to do the same thing. The
catch: They only get paid 80 percent of their salaries if they enroll
because company management has found that employees aren't 100 percent
productive when their kids are present. (Well, duh.)
The story
raises some obvious issues, such as the distractions such arrangements
raise for moms, dads and their colleagues, as well as the potential
toll they can take on one's work. But it doesn't ask a very important
question: Is it good for kids to essentially be raised every day in an
office environment?
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