I called it BYCTWD (because computer geeks tend to create silly acronyms for everything), and some people call it Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day — but today (24-Aug-2008) is the official celebration in the USA. People will take their kids to work, and show them, and try explaining to them what they do at work all day. So today PJ (my 13 year old daughter) will follow me around at work and we will snap a few photos. I’ve been doing this with my five children for several years — whenever we had an official BYCTWD.

PJ going to work on Bring Your Child to Work Day

Here’s a photo of PJ going to work with me.

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