On the fourth Thursday of April more than 37 million
employees at three and a half million workplaces will show up with a son or
daughter in tow. It all started in 1993 as Take Your Daughter to Work Day; it
was intended to empower young women and give them added insight into work world
opportunities. Now it gives children of both sexes a break from school, a
little one-on-one time with mom or dad, and a peek into what they do all day. For
me, Take Your Kid to Work Day was every single day for what felt like ages.
I spent every afternoon in Daddy’s office, doing homework, doodling on scratch
paper and rereading the three books on his shelf that weren’t about analytical
chemistry. (They were in German.) I don’t know how empowering the experience
was, but I did learn the last thing on earth I wanted to be was a chemistry
professor.
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