Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: Take Your Child to Work Day programming for Parents and Caregivers ERGs services for ERGs.
What started in 1993 as Take Our Daughters to Work Day has become a working-parents and caregivers moment. The version that lands is co-owned with the Parents/Caregivers ERG — not a one-off HR email about kids on Zoom.
Parents ERG at CarGurus hosts "Take Your Child to Work" Day
More than a calendar moment.
Take Our Daughters to Work Day was launched in 1993 by the Ms. Foundation for Women, specifically to give girls visibility into careers their mothers and aunts often couldn't access. It expanded in 2003 to include sons and is now run by the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation on the fourth Thursday of April.
The Take Your Child to Work Day pitfalls.
What sinks Take Your Child to Work Day programming isn't usually a missing speaker — it's a misread of the moment. The three misses worth naming out loud.
Defaulting to “bring your kid to a Zoom meeting.”
Remote-first companies need an actual program — virtual office tour, kid panel, hands-on demo — not just permission to have a child on camera.
No structure for the day itself.
Kids (and parents) need an actual run-of-show — arrival, name tags, a tour, an age-appropriate activity, lunch, a wrap-up. Unstructured time turns into bored kids in conference rooms and parents apologizing all day.
Programming pitched at one age.
A 6-year-old and a 14-year-old need very different things. Build at least two tracks — a hands-on / craft track for younger kids and a career-Q&A or shadowing track for tweens and teens — so nobody spends the day disengaged.
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Real Take Your Child to Work Day programming ideas from ERGs.io.
A few of the most-favorited Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day ideas ERG leaders are running this year. Open ERGs.io to browse the full library — filtered, saveable, and bookable with vendors.
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