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The other day, President Obama appointed Kathleen Sebelius as his new Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sebelius is currently the Governor of Kansas, and she's about to become a very busy woman—as you probably already know, Obama has big plans for our country's health care system. But there are some things you might not know about Kathleen Sebelius that may interest you.
Here's what I learned from Cate Nelson over at Eco Child's Play and in a 2008 article about Sebelius in Time magazine:
1. Sebelius is an advocate of a bring your baby to work policy.
2. Early in her career, while Sebelius was the executive director of her state’s trial lawyer’s association, she took her two baby boys to the office. She told Time, "We live in a society where too many people make workers choose—do you want to be a good parent, or do you want to be a good worker?" Sebelius chooses both.
3. When Sebelius served as the Kansas insurance commissioner, she instituted a bring your baby to work policy.
4. As governor of Kansas, she advocated parenting at work, and there are currently 21 state agencies in Kansas that allow parenting in the office.
So who knows, maybe we'll end up with a federal bring your baby to work law. I'm not sure if I'd bring my baby to work or not, but I think it's a great option for a lot of moms.
Would you bring your baby to work?
Comments (20)
when my first was 3 months old, i started a job where i got to bring her with me, it was wonderful! However now I have four, and couldn't imagine getting anything done with all of my kids at work with me lol (granted 2 are in school, but summers!)
Well, it is about time he did something I like! LOL! No, really, I don't know enough about her, but I would have loved the option to bring my son to work with me. I think he is too old now and I wouldn't get anything done! :) I think that would be a great transition from maternity leave to returning to work with a newborn.
I BRING MT KIDS TO WORK ANYWAY...ITS JUST BECAUSE OF MY JOB BUT IF I DIDN'T WORK WHERE I DO I DON'T THINK I'D BRING THEM TO WORK ALL THE TIME UNLESS THEY HAD A DAYCARE WHERE I COULD DROP THEM OFF AND THEN GO SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY....ITS HARD TO WORK AND PARENT AT THE SAMETIME ATLEAST FOR ME IT IS....GUESS I'M NOT SUPER MOM!!
I would. My oldest will start school in August. So that would just leave me with my 2 1/2 month old. I've been a SAHM since August 2005 b/c my job pretty much made me choose between my job and my oldest when he was 17 months old. (And not to mention they suspended me for 3 days b/c my son was going back and fourth to doctors. You can see what route I went. No one tells me to choose between my kids and a job. A job is a job and my kids ARE MY KIDS.
Hehe - I brought my baby to work even though I wasn't supposed to. I only got 3 weeks of maternity leave and 3 or 4 times my husband called me because my 2-month-old was inconsolable. I worked in an office but nobody was there evening shift so I ran home and grabbed him and proped him on my lap with a pillow and nursed while I typed. I never got caught, even though some co-workers found out, they thought it was sweet and always asked me to bring him when I was there with them : - ) Now I work from home so I have my kids at the 'office' all night long!
Its about time the workforce start letting women spend some time with their own babies!! I think our six week "maternity leave" that typically uses up all your sick days and vacation is a disgrace. Babies, especially newborns, need to be with their mothers. We are the most powerful country in the world, we are a democracy, leaders in the industrialized world, and yet we fail miserably in comparison to other developed nation (even many lesser developed nations) when it comes to our maternity leave and rights of mothers. I would be ecstatic to be able to bring my child to work. I currently work only evenings because I refuse to put my baby in daycare. He is with me while his dad works days and with dad while I work evenings.
I think its a great idea, granted i think there should be an in building day care facility for moms with older kids that the company pays 90% for. but like a previous poster stated it would be so much easier that way. I literally just had to turn in my two weeks notice because were i worked basically wanted me to choose between my job and my sick child. was told if i called out wone more time for a doc. apppointment for my youngest that i would be written up and that there were no more excuses. So you can guess which i chose. It would have been great if i could have brought her with me so i could have kept an eye on her. i think the idea may need alot of tweakin and etc. but really good basis.
I LOVE the idea. Working parents need more options. I have worked in a small office where my employer let me bring my son to work. I had a small office of my own and could close my door. He sat beside me and worked in work books, played in a pop-up tent behind me and it was great!
My husband and I hate Kathleen Sebelius. She's a radical leftist and we're both disgusted with Obama's choice to appoint her to Health and Human Services. She's forced through some laws during her administration that we find extremely family-unfriendly, as well as some that make absolutely NO sense to the thinking person as well. Read up on her true agenda and you probably won't be nearly as happy with her as you think you might be.
Would I bring my kid to work? Hell no. Sorry, but work is work. I would not appreciate someone bringing their kid there when I'm working. How do you answer a phone when a baby is crying? How do you have clients into the office when kids are there? How much work are you going to really get done? I can guarantee not nearly as much as the people who DON'T have their kids there, plus you'll be making their job more difficult.
My family lives on the thrifty side and cuts corners because I chose to leave my job and stay home until my kids were in kindergarden. I know some moms don't have the option, but I still think family comes before money.