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Bring your child to work -- every day It's a spin on the term "bring your child to work day" -- one Albuquerque business lets employees bring their children to work every day. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT NEW PROGRAM FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. IT'S A SPIN ON THE TERM "BRING YOUR CHILD TO WORK" DAY. ONE ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESSES LETS EMPLOYEES BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO WORK -- EVERY DAY. NEW AT 5-- KOAT ANCHOR TODD KURTZ SHOWS US HOW THE OWNER WANTS THIS IDEA TO SPREAD. MOMMAS LITTLE HELPER AT WORK -- KIND OF. AUGUST HERE JUST USUALLY HANGS OUT WHILE HIS MOM ALYX WORKS. SOT ALYX HODGES -- I love having him here by my side, he's happy, he's content. ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES AT STARLITE STITCHES BRING THEIR KIDS TO WORK. INFANTS ARE WITH THEIR MOTHERS. TODDLERS ARE UP FRONT -- AND THE MOMS ROTATE WATCHING THEM. LUCY PONTES -- this is the way things should be done. LUCY PONTES STARTED STARLIGHT STITCHES AT HOME AFTER HAVING TWINS. SHE MAKES ALL SORTS OF INFANT AND TODDLER CLOTHES -- SPECIALIZING IN CLOTH DIAPERS. AND NOT THE CLOTH DIAPERS GRANDMA USED TO USE -- OH NO -- SHE'S GOT ALL THE DESIGNS -- EVEN BREAKING BAD. SOON SHE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE ORDERS -- SHE NEEDED A STORE, NEEDED EMPLOYEES AND WANTED TO HELP MOMS LIKE HERSELF. LUCY PONTES -- It's the natural way to work, it's the natural way to not have to send your kids away from you to essentially just make enough money to cover their cost of daycare. TODD -- STAND UP -- And that is reality for a lot of moms. If a parent makes $10-dollars an hour -- that's roughly 330- take home a week. That can be a wash with daycare costs -- the most affordable we found for an infant in albuquerque was 225 dollars a week. ALYX HODGES -- 8:51 You shouldn't have to choose between 8:52 // 8:59 scrounging for food and being at home with your baby or working and being ok but never seeing your child. You shouldn't have to choose between those two. 9:05 LUCY, THE OWNER, ADMITS KIDS AT WORK ISN'T THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH -- BUT 2 MONTHS IN, THERE ARE 14 EMPLOYEES ... SHE SAYS THE COMPANY IS PROFITABLE AND ONLY GETTING BIGGER -- ONE EMPLOYEE.... AND CHILD AT A TIME. TODD KURTZ KOAT