Your child should know the man you really are.

Of course you all knew that today was “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.” That goes without saying, given the fine parents you all are. (I had no idea—thank you New York Times Motherlode blog.)

How could you forget, what with all the media blitz promoting it, and the fact that your boss has been begging you to do it for months now (he’s so sensitive), and hell, it’s tax-deductible (it’s not). Merry Kwanzaa!

Please do check out the website for the organization that backs this activity, the imaginatively named “daughtersandsonstowork.org,” at least to see the ways in which you can “Get Inspired by Barbie.” (Did you know she’s had over 120 careers? That girl gets around.)

Anyway, don’t know that bringing your kid to work helps with career goals at all, but it certainly can’t hurt.