evaluation of class reading

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Rahzyaunna Jordan

Our Class Reading: Should you bring your mom or dad to your office

By: Anita Hofschneider


In the reading there is information regarding Millennials that stuck out to me.
Some of us like bringing our parents to work. That many of us have helicopter parents and that we were babied more than previous generations. Some companies took notice to this and have since implanted days for our over bearing parents. Using these days to attract more employees and boost morale. I find this interesting because many of my friends aren’t close with their parents. I want to know where this information came from honestly.

In the reading it lists key companies that want to get the parents involved.

· Northwestern mutual, the managers say, “that parents influence their children’s career.”
· Google holds a “take your parents to work day”, 2,000 + parents came to their second annual event.


Next, in the reading it compares parental involvement in other countries to the United States. Globally parents influence their children’s career and these adults want their parents to receive documentation of their successes.

· US 2% of young adults want their parents to receive information their success
· Globally 8% is the average

The information in this reading continues to draw back to parental involvement. With some companies not knowing how involved parents should be in the work place and in their child’s career decision process.

This concludes with another perspective on the parent’s involvement. A student says, “if a company gave her a letter to take home to her parents, I would feel like I’m back in high school.” I related mostly with the end of the reading. Parental involvement isn’t for everyone. It shouldn’t be required it should be optional.


Rhazy Jordan