It was the morning before I was presenting a paper at an academic conference in Paris. Unexpectedly, the babysitter I'd 1 for to watch my daughter texted to say she couldn't 2 it. Worried I'd have to cancel the3, I asked the organizers, two men, if they knew of any last-minute babysitters.
"4 her!" they said. "We'll watch her well."
So, with uncertainty and anxiety, I did. While I presented my5in a theater hall, they entertained my daughter by letting her draw on the whiteboard and6on the walls. During the Q&A, my daughter demanded to be7. As she sucked, her diaper(尿布)leaked onto my trousers. Afterward, several people came up to me to8me for my bringing her. A woman said that one of her favorite9was bringing her daughter to her workplace.
Unfortunately, my experience is not the10practice. For most working women, bringing their children to work or having a flexible11is not an option. When flexibility is offered, it comes with a huge
12: advancement to higher positions is less likely for parents, usually mothers, who13flexibility. In 2016, only 200 companies had official14allowing children to15at a workplace during working hours.16, bringing children to work is a rising phenomenon.
17, in bringing this generation of children to working events or offices, I'm sure we're teaching them a valuable lesson about work-life 18. My hope is that, when these children become leaders, they'll19we didn't shut them out of work spaces.20, they will build the policies for a fairer and more enjoyable workplace.
