You may not know it, but today, June 30th, 2008, is Please Take My Children to Work Day. While it’s a bit late in the day to pawn your children off on your husband or someone else, I thought you would enjoy learning about this holiday. My friend Jen Singer, founder of MommaSaid, created the holiday to give stay-at-home moms the day off. (Full disclosure: I currently contribute a version of The Lean Green Family to Jen’s website here.)
If you’re interested, Jen was on The CBS Early Show this morning (this is a link to the segment) talking about her holiday, and the segment included video of Jen cleaning her house. Considering that stay-at-home moms spend about 100 hours a week working (see this Salary.com survey article for more on that stat), it made sense to show Jen doing what most of us moms spend a good deal of our day doing–cleaning up.
From my green perspective, I was so pleased to see Jen wiping down the bathroom sink with Clorox Green Works spray cleaner. So that makes Jen clever, funny, talented and green. Way to go, Jen!
READ LEAH ON HOME GOES STRONG
Thanks Leah. I am systematically ridding my house of as many chemicals as possible.
Makeup is harder to find. The natural stuff isn’t so good, but I’ll report back if I find anything.
My “kiddos” are out of town today, so I’m taking advantage of it by working on a grad school class and (yes) cleaning house. I’m glad Jen recommended a Go to Work day that doesn’t involve missing school! Jen, this teacher thanks you.