Today is "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day"... otherwise known as "Don't Let Your Coworkers Concentrate Day". I feared this day when I heard about it, and to be honest, it's not turning out as bad as I feared. However, a few things I've learned so far (and I'm only 2 hours into the day):

• Loud parents raise loud children.
  
• A parent saying over and over "So and so, please be quiet, remember what we talked about" is actually more annoying than whatever their child was doing in the first place.
  
• Exposing a child to the absolute boredom of a typical work day is just cruel... they'll have plenty of time to find out later in life.

In related news, boys at UC San Francisco get to go to gender indoctrination today while their sisters get to do cool stuff (H/T to Tongue Tied):

UCSF's Center for Gender Equity hosts its annual "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" on Thursday -- but judging from the list of activities being offered, the gender equity program is anything but equal.

For example, the 9- and 10-year-old daughters are being invited to participate in 17 hands-on activities such as working with microscopes, slicing brains, doing skull comparisons, seeing what goes on in the operating room, playing surgeon, dentist or nurse for a day, and visiting the intensive care unit nursery, where they can set up blood pressure cuffs and operate the monitors.
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And what do the boys get to do?

Learn about "gender equity in fun, creative ways using media, role playing and group games" -- after which, the boys can get a bit of time in with a microscope or learn how the heart works.

Apparently the folks in the Gender Equity department have never heard of something called teaching by example. Maybe if you exposed boys and girls to the same activities, doing them together and having fun together, boys would see girls as equals. Nah... can't be that simple can it?

Update: Oh it just keeps getting better. My coworker over the wall who loves to get in conference calls in his cube (hello... you have neighbors) has his daughter at work today. He's now in a conference call with someone who also has his daughter with him. Guess what... they have the two kids talking on the conference call! Nothing like passing your annoying habits on to your offspring. What's worse is that they have about 12 people in on the call. Are you kidding me?! Get a conference room!