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Some parents love bringing their children to work especially when the children are on holiday from school and nobody is going to take care of them. Others just love having their children in tow wherever they go. But this practice is not proper. For a working mother, she should bear in mind that she has work to do and bringing with her a child would distract her from work. Children are children and they get bored easily. What would the mother do if her child asks to be brought home or asks for many things just to distract the mother from her work?

As a mother, you must be responsible enough to decide which must be done if your child doesn't have someone to take care of him at home. You can file an emergency leave and stay at home instead with your child rather than bring the child with you and giving everyone at work a problem. Things do happen which cannot be avoided when children want to show how naughty they are because they are children and we cannot be sure when they are bored and do something to attract attention. If this happens, everyone in your workplace would be disturbed from their work.

Mothers should hire help in cases where the child needs to be at home. And if the child is sick , the more the mother should stay at home with her child. Children are not supposed to be with their mothers at work. If they are not in school, they should be at home. If there is no one to take care of the child at home, the mother must do something to be able to stay at home with the child.

While it is true that some incidents are unavoidable at times, bringing a child to work must be avoided as must as possible. Employers don't always understand their employee's situation and bringing to work your child might cause your termination from work. But if you really have to bring the child to work, make sure that your child will behave and will not cause you and your co-workers a problem.

It is not being selfish but think about the comfort also of your child. She would be bored waiting for you to finish your work and you can go home. No child would enjoy watching everybody at work while he sits in a corner and do his own thing alone. Children need someone to play with and talk to and not some adults busy working.

Remember, you are not alone in your workplace. You have your co-workers and not everyone would understand you, unless everyone is your best friend who would always give you a pat at the back. But all the same, bringing your children to work is not proper.

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