Bringing your kid to work...

Two days ago, a shocking story broke out. A guy brought his nine-year-old kid to work and the boy got to do his dad's job. What was the dad's job? Air traffic controller!!! The boy literally gave instructions to the pilots flying the planes (with specific guidance from his dad, of course). But was that a wise thing to do? Nothing bad happened but what if something did happen? The guy's supervisor was so cool about it that the dad brought his other kid to work the next day, the boy's twin (it was the mid-winter break, maybe they don't have a sitter or maybe the dad just wanted to let his kids see how he does his job). However, now the dad is suspended as well as the cool supervisor. And now, the twins are reported to be upset because they feel it was their fault that their dad got into trouble. Now the all-seemingly fun and harmless thing to do with your kids has turned into a nightmare for the family. With record like that plus the increasing number of unemployment nowadays, I wonder whether the dad would get a job soon enough to feed his family, if he gets fired. I heard the recording on the news, the boy spoke clearly and confidently and the pilots receiving the instructions from him were amused. But this meant putting the lives of thousand of people on the plane in jeopardy. Some people defended the dad, saying that he just meant to bring his kids to work. But they say that because nothing terrible happened. What if the kid got something mixed up and even though I don't know how this air traffic controlling thing really works, I assume it would just take seconds for something to go wrong over a tiny small misinformation, of the coordinates or the plane's flight number or what not, and things would really messy. So, the moral of the story is..by all means, bring your kids to work but don't let them do your work unless you work as the coloring-with-crayon guy at your office.