Employee brings 5-year-old daughter to work, forcing coworker to confront her when daughter keeps disturbing their work: ‘I don't think I should be responsible for entertaining someone else's child’

Who doesn't remember going to the office with their parents?When you deal with children's behaviour, you have to get creative, to say the least. Kids see the world in a different way. Where we see work and responsibility, they see playtime and imagination. Where we see awkward social interactions, they see new friendship opportunities. Because of that, when we deal with them, we must also learn to understand the world they live in, so we can guide them in the right direction in the best possible way. How do childcare and workplaces meet, you ask? Well, reality is that sometimes it is very hard to get proper childcare for your kids while you're off to work. We all have the same childhood memory of going to our parents' office. Sometimes in a "bring your kid to work" type of situation, or when they just didn't have anyone to look after us once we were done with the school day. In either case, we ended up at their workplace, trying to entertain ourselves with toys we brought from home, coloring books, or, in the best cases, a friendly coworker who was open to playing with us. These ended up being really appreciated childhood moments. That said, now we live on the other side of this c…

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