Working With Kids

Babies-at-Work Seminar Registration is Open

Learn everything necessary to successfully propose and implement a baby program! 

Registration is now open for a babies-at-work seminar in Massachusetts on March 14, 2009.  Registration is limited to the first 25 paid participants.  The seminar will feature a baby (with parent) for firsthand illustration of concepts.  More details are on our Babies in the Workplace site.

PARENTS: 
Save thousands of dollars on day care, bond with your baby, and make breastfeeding easier by learning how to successfully bring your baby to work for their first six to eight months of life.

EMPLOYERS:
Easily and inexpensively implement a successful baby program that will:
Get new parents back on the job sooner (and happier!).
Increase morale, teamwork, productivity, and retention.
Lower health care expenses by enabling mothers to breastfeed.
Attract new customers and build customer loyalty.
Result in highly-content and quiet babies.

LEARN:
How to overcome skepticism and convince management to start a program.
Why structured babies-at-work programs result in unusually happy and calm babies.
How to set up a sustainable program that will be enthusiastically supported.
Effective methods for keeping babies happy while efficiently getting work done.
All the benefits of babies-at-work programs for businesses, families, and society.

RECEIVE:
Template documents to streamline setting up a new program
Baby development resources for parents for happy babies and efficient work
Two Valuable Books: How to Start a Babies-at-Work Program and Babies at Work: Bringing New Life to the Workplace

Questions:  Contact Carla Moquin at (801) 897-8702 or Email Me.

Babies-at-Work Seminars and New York Times Article

I'm moving forward with setting up seminars to provide HR people, parents, academics, and anyone else who's interested with a complete understanding of why baby programs work and how to set up sustainable ones.  I'm focusing on the Boston area for the moment (until things take off financially with this work) but would love to do seminars on a nationwide basis.  I'm going to have a baby present at each seminar (with a parent, of course) to illustrate relevant principles such as how happy babies tend to be when they're held in a carrier close to the parent, how happy babies tend to "soften" a room of people and create a feeling of community, and how babies tend to thrive (and remain highly content) with regular social interaction.  I already have seven moms and babies eager to help out (as needed--only one will attend per seminar) in the Massachusetts area, and I'm confident I can find parents and babies around the country to fulfill this component of the seminars.  I'm spending most of my available Institute time focusing on getting things set up in the very near future and am really excited to see where this might lead.

In other news, we're in an article in the January 4, 2008, edition of the New York Times, in the Business Section: Maternity-Leave Alternative: Bring the Baby to Work.  I'm hoping that this article will help to jump-start the seminar effort and really bring this concept to the general public.  Especially given the current economic situation, I think this is an idea that could dramatically, immediately benefit thousands of parents and businesses--particularly now that we have the liability insurance policy available to virtually eliminate that potential concern.