The Impact of Workplace Participation on Child Cognitive Development

Abstract

This paper focused on child participation in workplace as a cognitive development process. The method of study adopted in this work is an empirical reviews of literature in the area of child development and participation in the activities of More Knowledgeable others to prepare them for the actual work as adults to be. Lev Vygostky's theory of cognitive development was adopted in the work to explain the impact of workplace participation on cognitive development. This paper discovered that take-your-child-to-work is still a new term in developing countries, but have taken deep root in developed countries as a method of preparing children for future responsibilities as growing adults.  The study recommended among other things that in other to be fair to our children, government agencies such as the federal and states ministries of education, and ministries of labour and productivity should map out strategic plans aimed at including a child participation day in primary and post-primary schools' calendars. Similarly, companies, and individual organizations should incorporate workplace participation to promote the virtues of hard work, mentoring, and opportunities for self-improvement and critical thinking which will enable children to see the adult world while still in the process of becoming adult's in the societies.