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" A woman you work with was given permission to bring her 5-year-old into the office on Fridays. The problem: He&amp;#039;s poorly behaved. Despite your requests to the mom to keep him quiet, things haven&amp;#039;t improved and you find it difficult to concentrate when the child is around. How to handle?  1) Try one more time to address your concerns with the mother -- if that fails, talk to your supervisor about the problem. 2) Put in a request to work from home on Fridays -- if you&amp;#039;re denied, gripe about your coworker to try to get permission. 3) Say nothing and wait until another employee complains. The correct answer: (1) If you&amp;#039;ve already made repeated requests to the mom to rein junior in because his antics are disruptive, why hasn&amp;#039;t she responded? She may not see your lack of concentration as her problem. Try one more time to speak with her, and be sure to give specific reasons why her son is disrupting your work, such as, &amp;quot;I was talking to our client Marble Inc. and couldn&amp;#039;t hear because of the noise.&amp;quot; If the problem persists, speak to your supervisor. But be up front: Tell your coworker in a nonconfrontational way that you&amp;#039;re going to take this to management. While your company should be commended for its &amp;quot;family-friendly&amp;quot; policy, children in the office shouldn&amp;#039;t stop the workflow -- and this mother is jeopardizing the policy&amp;#039;s future. When you talk to the supervisor, point out specific examples, be composed and suggest a solution. Perhaps you could move to a different cubicle. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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