[Publib] Re: Children of staff

[Jennie J. Stoltz]

I have to say, I agree with this comment.  Do employees in the non-public library world get to bring their kids to work - let's say an architect or a police officer or a person who works at McDonald's or even an academic librarian brought their kid(s) with them, would that be acceptable or tolerated?  Of course I can't make a blanket statement saying yes or no but I really doubt that they could, especially if it happened on a semi-regular basis. 

I do agree too though that things happen and babysitters cancel or grandparents that usually take care of their grandkids get sick - so as long as it was a rare occurance I would probably let an employee bring their child in (school-aged as mentioned previously) but not for more than a three- or four-hour shift.  I think that longer than that it would be very difficult for the child not to get bored silly and require more and more attention (from their parent but from other staff members as well - I've seen that happen) as the day progressed.  We do not have a written policy on this situation.

Jennie J. Stoltz
Director
Pewaukee Public Library
(262) 691-5670, ext. 20
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----- Original Message -----
From: Val Stark <VStark at quincylibrary.org>
Date: Monday, February 4, 2008 1:45 pm
Subject: RE: [Publib] Re: Children of staff
To: Ilene Lefkowitz <ilefkowitz at gmail.com>, publib at webjunction.org


> Why does anyone think they have the right to bring their children to
>  work with them, while they are being paid to work?  I paid for daycare.
>  My husband and I traded off when our child was ill/ off from school for
>  snow day/vacation/teacher work day/ etc.  We had backup arranged when
>  the babysitter was on vacation, sick, on maternity leave.  That is part
>  of being a working parent. There was not an alternative, nor did I
>  expect my employer to say "oh, just bring Junior with you when the
>  teachers are off, of is too sick to go to school but not sick enough 
> for
>  mom/dad to stay home with (and infect everyone in the office.) We are
>  being paid to work, not babysit our children at work.  I would have
>  loved (sometimes) being able to bring my child to work with me instead
>  of taking time off or finding alternative care when the sitter called 
> at
>  6am or school dismissing early due to weather related reasons.
>   
>  Yes, my child came and volunteered at the library for service hours, 
> by
>  was not supervised by me.  It was by prior arrangement and with
>  permission.   
>   
>  "Your children are not to be brought to work with you, come to your work
>  location after school until closing, or otherwise "hang out" at your
>  work location except under extreme circumstances and only with prior
>  permission of the Director."  
>   
>  Why is this so bad?  
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>  (And yes, I fully expect to be blasted on this one.)
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>  Val Stark
>  Circulation Assistant
>  Quincy Public Library
>  526 Jersey Street
>  Quincy, IL 62301
>  vstark at quincylibrary.org
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