Forget the furniture. You're in a room full of people who bucked the norm to build businesses that everyone told them they couldn't. They defied the odds and figured out how to make a living for themselves doing work nobody assigned them.
I couldn't imagine a more compelling and valuable opportunity for these kids to have an inspiring experience. I wish it didn't take me 23 years to step into a room full of people who worked for themselves for the first time. The moment I did, there was no going back. > On Mar 22, 2016, at 1:42 PM, FredXchange Community Manager > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm wondering how different coworking spaces deal with this day. I've worked > in different places where the kids spend some time with their parents, then > they also put all the kids together at some point to give the kids tours of > different parts of the company or organization. > > In a coworking space, there isn't really much to tour. It's just tables, > chairs, and desks. Most of the concepts that typically come with issues that > affect a broad spectrum of the coworking community have no appeal to kids. > I'm hoping to wrap my head around how we can be welcoming to the families > here, not distract those working, and offer something that is of interest and > value to the kids who might come. > > I think that there could be a real appeal to our local community if they know > that we are welcoming to and understand the life of a coworking parent and/or > family, but I also don't want to approach the situation haphazardly and end > up having a bad day for anyone. > > Anybody else wondering about these things? Have any suggestions? Thoughts? > Experience? Tales of woe or success? > > Any and all conversation, input, or advice is welcomed! > > > Thanks a BUNCH! > > -Kim Merritt > Community Manager > [email protected] > The Foundry > Fredericksburg, VA > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
