Babies in the Workplace

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31  Benefits for Society

Maria Rodriguez of Vanguard Communications said that when an employee chooses to have their baby go to day care instead of bringing the baby to work, they get questions from other employees about it. She said that:    Employees want the baby to be there. They    love having a baby around. Usually folks    are chomping at the bit to take care of the    baby while [her parent goes] to a meeting. Bridge the Gap Between Parents and Non-Parents    Babies in the workplace can help non-parents and parents to be able to relate to each other more easily.  Gay Gaddis, CEO of T3, explained that having babies in the workplace    has created an understanding for people    who don't have kids about how hard it can    be to be a parent. People appreciate each

other more.  Some people don't ever get    exposed to parents and babies; it helps    coworkers to understand each other's    perspective and what they have to deal with.    She explained that one of her reasons for allowing babies to come to work at T3 is that she    looks at life in this business as a family on a    farm.  You know the saying "it takes a village    to raise a child"; our ancestors were doing    this in a different way.  They were working,    someone had the baby, someone got the    hay in, someone milked the cows, and    people tossed the kids between    themselves.  Here, it takes an agency to    raise a child.  We help people get through    different phases in their lives.