March 17--This Adam LaRoche business -- walking away from the White Sox and $13 million after the team sought to limit his 14-year-old son's clubhouse visits -- has divided people.
Some applaud it as a principled, family-first stand by LaRoche. Some think White Sox management had no choice but to assert control of the workplace. Some suggest there are at least 13 million reasons LaRoche and his kid will regret this decision.
Others note LaRoche hit .207 last year and, despite all the "Cats in the Cradle" talk, this is less about the kind of dad he wants to be than the kind of ballplayer he has become.
But the real issue: Remember when Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day was a huge deal?
It's still around, you know.
The Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Foundation has a countdown clock on its website ticking ever closer to this year's celebration -- April 28 -- but you don't hear nearly as much about it as you once did.
You may not even know this year's theme is "Sparking Aha! Moments."
As in: "Aha! I think I want to play games all the time and be a Major League Baseball player just like you, Dad."
Or: "This is all you do? It doesn't look so hard. Aha! That's the co-worker everyone hates, right?"
Or: "Aha! Now I know why you're so cranky. I've got to work harder in school, so I never have to do this."
It's possible your workplace still welcomes your minor beneficiaries. Maybe not.
The foundation says 39 million people participated in last year's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day in this country, undeterred by the fact the official date tends to fall on a U.S. school day so participants can apply what they experience in class the very next morning.
