Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Builds Partnerships to Educate and Empower

With drop out rates in American schools at an all time high, it’s becoming more and more important to show students why their education is so important. One way to do this is to introduce them to the world they’ll enter after shedding the title of student and joining the ranks of the working. Take our Daughters and Sons to Work® Day is an annual program that helps make this introduction.

On Thursday, April 23rd the 17th annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day will offer valuable benefits to busy parents, creative teachers, and curious kids by inviting students to experience a day in the workplace. This year’s theme is Building Partnerships to Educate and Empower.

This national event takes place on a school day to honor the educational value of the work experience. The experience can help motivate students to complete school, set new goals and experience a greater connection to the classroom, their parents, and their aspirations.

The combined participation of schools, students, parents, workplaces, and mentors allows the program to help young people make significant new connections:

Classroom to workplace

Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work can provide real-world answers to the age-old classroom question: “When are we going to really use this information?” By venturing out into the larger world of work, students can find out why chefs need to understand chemistry, doctors need to have math skills, and computer scientists need to know about language.

Student to parent

Now more than ever, work plays a vital role in each family. When kids can actually experience what their parents do at work every day, they can gain a sense of empathy for what it means to work and support a family. Since parents are also multifaceted people, it is healthy to for kids to see their parents and other mentoring adults in professional roles, stepping outside the box that kids may imagine for “Mom” and “Dad.”

Question to Vision

Children have always wondered, “What will I be when I grow up?” Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day provides experiences that can help answer this for students. By stepping into the work world, even for one day, students can see new possibilities and expand the boundaries of their imagination. They will see leadership in action and learn the importance of teamwork. They will see academic skills applied to real-world problem-solving in new ways. And they may be encouraged to envision a new path for themselves, or become inspired to take on the challenge of learning a new subject. http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=501

Experiencing a day in the workplace will help boys and girls make these and other valuable connections. In low-income communities, teachers have helped workplaces "adopt" whole classrooms for the Day, allowing children to walk through doors they otherwise would not have had the chance to enter.

When students return to school the following day, the conversation continues as they share what they learned. This year, students will “go to work” on Thursday, April 23, and then discuss their experiences in the classroom on Friday, April 24. For detailed information about how your family, workplace, and school can get involved, please visit www.daughtersandsonstowork.org

Before becoming a mom, Amy Tiemann earned her Ph.D. in Neurosciences from Stanford University. Today, her work helps women regain their "mojo" when entering motherhood. Often times, women lose themselves when baby is born. Getting in touch with your true 'self' while raising your baby is not only possible, it's being done in "Mojo Mom Circles" around the country. See why women are joining the revolution and downloading their own "Mojo Mom Party Kits" http://www.MojoMom.com. Contact Amy at Amy@mojomom.com.