Sometimes, your personal life aligns with your professional one. It wasn’t exactly “Take your child to school” at my workplace, but my school organised a Homecoming this Saturday morning for our alumni. So, I got the opportunity to take my son to school. Otherwise, my wife would be saddled with taking care of two boisterous kids for an entire morning.
Children are a magnet for attention. I never have had so many colleagues come up to me to say hi before. I think it’s quite interesting how my colleagues’ familiarity with me influenced their perception. Usually, people comment how my son resembles uncannily like my wife, but this morning, all my co-workers poured me compliments about how he is my carbon copy.
I can’t say that I was unhappy, though!
I had fun introducing my son to the realities of my professional life. Now he knows what his Daddy really does for a living. And since I was recruited to sing two songs during the outdoor concert, I hope he realises that I’m a pretty decent singer!
He dutifully sat on my lap during the first song, but he scurried away during the second, probably shy about all the attention he was garnering.
Have your colleagues met your child(ren) before?