Your child has probably seen you get up, get dressed and get ready for work at your office every day of his life. Did you ever ask him what he thinks you do?
Dozens of children between the ages of 5 to 7 years of age with parents in office jobs were asked exactly what their parents did for a living and some of the following answers were given:
"My dad is a lawyer - he argues with people at his office." "My mommy talks on the phone all day and says,"Hold on" to everyone." "My daddy plays with papers on his desk all day." "My dad has to babysit idiots all day long." "My mom has a frustration with her computer all day."Granted not every parent sounds like they love their office jobs from the descriptions given by their kids above, but you can show your child what an office job is like in a positive light through a pretend play set of his own. Show him how an office job is about getting along with people and working together and sometimes even learning something new - just like his days at school or preschool. He can make up his own jobs and situations and have hours of fun with
his own set of office items.Your child can learn a lot about life skills through pretend play and you can further that by helping him learn valuable life skills through play such as respecting other's opinions and ideas and working in a group - both of which are very valuable traits to have in an office job!
Labels: boys, educational toys, girls, pretend-play
by: Child Basics
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