It's Your Kid's Bday: Do You Call in Sick?

Mom•Logic's Jackie: The work/motherhood balance gets even harder when it comes to special occasions like a child's birthday.

The Wall Street Journal's site recently debated this issue. While it seems easy to say "just go to work and leave early"... in many offices, once you're at work, anything can happen. Do you save the awkward "I can't, it's my kid's birthday" drama and just take the day off?

One year, my husband and I both took the day off. The funny thing is, we still sent our son to school. We had a nice lunch together--hey, I'm the one who gave birth to that 11 pound kid that day! He was out at noon and we all enjoyed the day. But with three kids, this little trick might get pretty old around the office.

Do you take the day off for your child's birthday?

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dulce303 on April 5, 2008 11:19 PM wrote:

It’s hard to take my own b-day off, let alone one of my sons b-days. Maybe if I was throwing a party that night I would try to leave early.

 
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JunoAn on April 6, 2008 1:54 PM wrote:

At our office, we don’t take all State and Federal holidays. So we get 2 “floating” holidays to use whenever we want; I usually use one for my son’s birthday. It’s a very nice benefit.

 
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