Take Your Son/Daughter to Work Day

Parents everywhere are giving their children a taste of the real world today by taking advantage of the annual Take Your Son/Daughter to Work Day.

The annual event was first created for girls in 1993 by the Ms. Foundation For Women. The initial purpose of the day was to help increase self-esteem in young girls while exposing them to future career options. A decade later, boys started joining their parents at work on this day. 

According to the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation, the purpose of the day is to empower children to plan for the future and to help them understand the value of a good education.

Check out this Huffington Post blog by actress, author and activist Marlo Thomas on the importance of Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day. 

If you are from the Doylestown area and have one of your kids at your side today, post some pictures to this article and share your experience in the comments section below.