This Professor's Gesture is Winning Hearts!
May 12, 2021
A professor from MIT won hearts online after he shared that he keeps a travel crib in the office for a graduate student who brings her child to work. People praised his considerate nature after he shared the tweet. Take a look at it here.
My favorite new equipment purchase for the lab – a travel crib to go in my office so my graduate student can bring her 9-month old little girl to work when necessary and I get to play with her while her mom gets some work done. Win-win!! pic.twitter.com/1R7QKprOLr
— Troy Littleton (@JTroyLittleton) May 7, 2021
Many people praised him and this also started a conversation about paid maternity leaves. Here is what many people had to say.
This is the way. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/LVQT4p4GQK
— Dr. April Gile Thomas (@AprilGileThomas) May 9, 2021
Well, I hope you realize this will probably lead to joy, laughter and feelings of warm, fuzzy adoration between you and a baby girl.
— Meryl Slay ???? (@MerylSlay) May 8, 2021
This made my day. You are a pride to the academic community setting this example, bravo! pic.twitter.com/hBFarZpUFv
— Dr. Julia Gala de Pablo ????????????? (@JGaladePablo) May 8, 2021
20 years later the baby will grow up with tons of memories of being at her mom's workplace and this world will be kinder and warmer
— Angry Daenjangnyuh (@AngryDaenjangny) May 8, 2021
Endless, useless lectures don't bring more women in science. We need real, practical solutions, like yours. Great lesson for me. Thank you very much for sharing this.
— Vahid Abdollah (@vahid_abdollah) May 8, 2021
I want this in every single work environment. Enough with daycare and pre-school. I WANT TO BRING MY FUTURE CHILDREN TO WORK WITH ME. Let them learn what I do. Let them interact with older generations. Let us all be a community.
— Missi ???? ????? (@HoneyBeeRock) May 8, 2021
The professor also replied after the tweet blew up.
Well that little tweet blew up?!? However, I wish people were able to spot the real hero here. It's the graduate student mom, not me. She's amazing to do all she has to with her daughter and still keep up her thesis project research. Happy Mother’s Day to all – they deserve it!
— Troy Littleton (@JTroyLittleton) May 9, 2021