Sorting, testing and pricing toys in the stockroom upstairs
Sorting clothing
Washing up
Loading toys on the lift
Going down the stairs
Stocking the toy shelves
Stocking the bric-a-brac shelves
Having a rest
Serving behind the counter with a co-worker
Using the till
Our locker
The Continuum Concept
Full Time Mothers
Parenting in the Workplace Institute
Babies at Work: Bringing New Life to the Workplace by Carla Moquin
Bringing Baby to Work by Lisa Belkin, Motherlode Blog - NYTimes.com
Back to Work - With Baby by Christina Boufis, Hybrid Mom
Off to Work We Go - Baby in Tow! by Annie Feighery, Mothering
Stay-at-home mums save the country £1bn a year by carrying out volunteer work by Arthur Martin and Emily Andrews, Mail Online
You Can Be A Stay at Home Mom! by Kelley Scarsbrook (video presentation)
Learning is Children's Work by Wendy Priesnitz
SO helpful of sunnyboy! And so hardworking... Adorable little man.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you are so proud of him :).
You and Sunnyboy are so lucky to have the opportunity to do this, what a lovely experience for you both!
ReplyDeleteWhat fab photos of your day at work together, the only thing I wondered is, how on earth do you restrain yourself from buying everything lol :)
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How wonderful! Preschool/school could never even begin to offer what he experiences at work with you.
ReplyDeleteAnd how lucky you are in the other charity shop staff. Our local charity shops can barely tolerate children going in - touching the toys causes them to shiver, and touching bric-a-brac? Not allowed :-(
He's a good little helper!
ReplyDeleteWhat an aladin's cave for your lucky boy.
ReplyDelete@Sam, yes we are lucky to have found such a great charity shop to work in. We were shopping in a different charity shop recently and sunnyboy accidently dropped a small plastic toy he was looking at. It didn't break, but the woman in the shop shouted "No" as if he had just thrown a brick through the window. I can't imagine that she would have reacted like that if an adult customer had done the same thing. Fortunately in our charity shop the staff have a little more respect for customers of all ages - and staff of all ages too! :)
ReplyDeleteHow wise you are to teach him so many things.
ReplyDelete@Ladyviral, oh I am very proud of him :) and the lovely thing is that so are our co-workers!
ReplyDelete@Maire, it's an aladin's cave for me too ;)
ReplyDeleteI just totally love that you and Sunnyboy work together!
ReplyDelete@Sue, there are not many days that we don't get tempted to buy something! As you can imagine sunnyboy has a lot of toys :)
ReplyDeleteWOW! You guys sure do stay busy! Whew!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great learning environment for Sunnyboy! Looks like he's having a lovely time:-)
ReplyDeleteWhat great memories you guys are creating!
ReplyDeletelovely. i wish shark, squirrel and tiger could help me. i typeset academic books and quite frankly, the spelling of my 9 year olds is terrible. we'd never get away with it.
ReplyDeletebut it's tempting now to try.
i hate having to leave my little ones and go to work every day. i have been trying to get enough support from other parents at my workplace to set up a creche within the office building, so that we can at least be nearer to the kids. but would you believe, many mums i have spoken to say that one of the reasons that they continue to work after having kids is simply just to get away from the house. i find that shocking!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! It is so important for kids to be along side their parents while they work and to participate in the experience. What a wonderful way to spend time together.
ReplyDelete@Kamana, this article talks about workplace creches.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hybridmom.com/articles/work/career/back-work-baby
How sad about the mums who just want to get away from their children.
@Grit, we mainly work in the 'toy department', which is particularly suited to sunnyboy's skills! :)
ReplyDeleteSuper cool girl. I want to volunteer with my kids at a local pioneer farm, I keep thinking about it, but never quite get up the nerve. Maybe soon.
ReplyDelete@Ticia, that sounds great! Go for it :)
ReplyDeleteI think bringing your child to work with you is a great idea!! And it's also great when a workplace is open to the idea.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure your son is learning a lot of valuable lessons, not to mention the fact that the two of you get to spend lots of time together :-)
Thanks for visiting Jelly Bean Row :-)
Kelly @ DesignTies
I have to say that I've missed seeing what sunnyboy has been up to! What a great little worker he is! I stayed at home with my kids & lucky for me I can take them to work because our shop is in back of my mom & dad's home! It is wonderful thing that you are doing - bravo!!
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing. Your teaching him amazing qualities and work ethics that will follow him throughout his life.
ReplyDeleteThis is so lovely! What great lessons you are passing on to him... so inspiring!
ReplyDeleteWhat a happy helper you have there. Way to go sunnyboy!!!
ReplyDeletei am so proud of you for raising such a fine young man! and i am so proud of sunny boy for being so responsible and obedient and thoughtful at such a young age!!
ReplyDeleteThat was fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome opportunity!! We did the theme on frogs and it went so well. I've been thinking about the roles of women lately. I'm going to have to come back and read more when I have some more time. Self Fulfillment and Full Time Parenting sounds like just what I'm looking for. :) Thanks for the posts.
ReplyDeleteWho better to sort and price toys than a toddler?
ReplyDeleteLovely photos, your charity shop sounds like a wonderful place!
What a great opportunity. I think it's wonderful that the two of you can work together. What a great example!
ReplyDeleteHe looks like he is having such a good time helping. I think this is great. We do a volunteer work too and my kids love to help and talk to all the people they meet.
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