Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond2026 · Date · History · Messages
Junior Achievement is the current steward after completing acquisition in 2024 and rebranding the 1993 event lineage as Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond for 2025; Ms. Foundation sources establish the original Take Our Daughters to Work Day campaign.
About Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond
Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond is the current name of the U.S.-origin work-readiness event long known as Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Junior Achievement completed acquisition of the program in 2024 and publicly introduced the current name for the April 24, 2025 event.
The event traces its lineage to the 1993 Take Your Daughter to Work Day campaign. The traditional annual focus is the fourth Thursday in April; Junior Achievement lists the 2026 event for Thursday, April 23.
Why Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond matters
The program introduces young people to workplaces, careers and adult work experiences while encouraging conversations about education and future possibilities.
Because participants are minors, organizers should protect privacy and safety: do not publish a child’s school, home details, schedules, employee-family relationships, photographs or workplace access information without appropriate consent and a legitimate need.
History of Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond
The Ms. Foundation for Women says it created Take Our Daughters to Work Day in 1993; former foundation president Marie C. Wilson is identified by the organization as a founder of the day.
The program later became known as Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Junior Achievement and the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation partnered beginning in 2022.
Junior Achievement says it completed acquisition of the event in 2024. On April 24, 2025, the public event became Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond, expanding the framing beyond children who can accompany a parent to a workplace.
How the observance developed
This timeline uses documented milestones from reviewed sources. Missing stages are left out rather than guessed.
Ms. Foundation for Women, with Marie C. Wilson identified by the Foundation as a founder of Take Our Daughters to Work Day
Ms. Foundation history says it created the original day, and its 2019 reflection identifies former president Marie C. Wilson as a founder.
Ms. Foundation for Women
The Foundation’s own history says it created Take Our Daughters To Work Day.
First documented observance
Junior Achievement and Ms. Foundation first-party histories identify 1993 as the launch year of the event lineage.
The organizations began a partnership that preceded transfer of the event to Junior Achievement.
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation and Junior Achievement USA · Partnership announced for the program
Junior Achievement completed acquisition in 2024 and renamed the event Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond for the 2025 edition.
Junior Achievement USA · Acquisition completed in 2024; public rebrand announced January 2025
Junior Achievement USA
Junior Achievement says it completed acquisition in 2024 and now operates Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond.
What the evidence establishes
Confirmed institutional roles and milestones are shown first. Details that could not be established from the reviewed sources are listed separately below.
4 fields not established in reviewed sources
Later institutional actions
Later recognition, renaming, mergers or date changes are kept separate from original establishment.
Also known as
Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day, Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, Take Your Daughter to Work Day, Take a Child to Work Day
How to Observe Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond
Use age-appropriate workplace tours, job-shadowing, career conversations or hands-on learning activities with responsible adult supervision.
Offer equivalent options for children who cannot safely or practically visit a parent or caregiver’s workplace.
Follow the host workplace’s safety, confidentiality, security and safeguarding rules, especially in clinical, industrial, laboratory or restricted settings.
Collect and publish as little personal information about participating children as possible, and obtain appropriate consent before sharing images or stories.
Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond Facts
The program began in 1993 as Take Your Daughter to Work Day.
The Ms. Foundation for Women documents its role in creating the original campaign.
Junior Achievement completed acquisition of the event in 2024.
The current name, Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond, was publicly introduced for the 2025 event.
The established annual pattern is the fourth Thursday in April; Junior Achievement lists April 23 for 2026.
Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond Messages
Wishing every young participant a safe, curious and encouraging Take a Child to Work Day experience.
May today open useful conversations about learning, careers and the many ways people contribute through work.
Here’s to welcoming young people into age-appropriate workplace learning with care, privacy and good supervision.
Happy Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond—keep the experience inclusive, safe and focused on learning.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
Evidence & sources
Sources used across the guide are gathered here. Labels show how each source supports the page, and contextual references are kept separate from primary evidence.
Junior Achievement / Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond
Ms. Foundation for Women
Junior Achievement USA — 2025 rebrand announcement (opens in a new tab)
Official Current Steward Announcement
Junior Achievement — About / acquisition and rebrand history (opens in a new tab)
Official Current Program History
Junior Achievement — Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond (opens in a new tab)
Official Current Program
Ms. Foundation for Women — history and 1993 origin (opens in a new tab)
Originator History
Junior Achievement USA — 2022 partnership history (opens in a new tab)
Ms. Foundation for Women — 2019 reflection / Marie C. Wilson founder attribution (opens in a new tab)
Understand it, compare it, then explore further
Start with the most common factual questions, then compare closely related observances and explore useful connections.
Frequently asked questions
When is Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond?
Fourth Thursday in April The documented recurrence rule is: Fourth Thursday in April.
Does Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond fall on the same date every year?
It follows a recurring calendar rule, so the Gregorian date can change from year to year.
Is Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond an official public holiday?
The reviewed sources verify it within this scope: United States-origin / participating workplaces, schools, families and youth programs. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when reliable evidence explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond?
The reviewed sources identify Ms. Foundation for Women as the proclaiming or establishing body. The proposer or originator is recorded separately as Ms. Foundation for Women, with Marie C. Wilson identified by the Foundation as a founder of Take Our Daughters to Work Day. Current facilitation or coordination is recorded as Junior Achievement USA.
Is Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond international or country-specific?
This observance is specific to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States-origin / participating workplaces, schools, families and youth programs.
How is this page verified?
The factual information is checked against reviewed sources, including the date pattern, scope and institutional history. This page was checked on 2026-09-26.
Is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day still the current name?
The program continues as the same historical lineage, but Junior Achievement rebranded it as Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond after completing its acquisition in 2024; the renamed public event began in 2025.
When did the event begin?
The original Take Your Daughter to Work Day launched in 1993.
Who runs the current program?
Junior Achievement is the current steward of Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond.
What privacy rule matters most?
Treat participating children as minors whose identifying details, images, schedules and workplace connections should not be exposed without appropriate consent and safeguards.
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