The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) tries to befriend at least one child, Melissa hits on Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak), Michael Scott (Steve Carell) tries to impress the children by claiming he was a child star, and Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) struggles to show his secret girlfriend Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) that he can be stern with children.

Due to the presence of actual children on the set, all of the main cast members had to tone down their behavior, making sure that no one cursed or told inappropriate jokes.

Michael Scott is frustrated that Take Your Daughter to Work Day will force him to tone down his office antics, and says that he would never want to be a father.

Dwight Schrute begins to read one of his childhood cautionary tales to the children, but Michael orders him to stop upsetting the kids.

[5] Jenna Fischer noted that, due to the presence of actual children on the set, "everyone had to be on their best behavior", meaning that there was no "cursing and no dirty jokes allowed".

[2] She explained that during the filming of the earlier second season episodes "Halloween" and "Valentine's Day", she had eaten a majority of the candy the crew put on her desk.

Notable cut scenes include the Party Planning Committee squabbling over what pizza toppings to order, Stanley complaining that his daughter is spoiled, Dwight discovering an eraser in his coffee courtesy of Jake, and Jim giving Abby an official certificate of appreciation.

[6] Pam notes that by putting out candy to lure in children, she is acting just like the witch in the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel".

[7] In an episode of the Office Ladies podcast, it was revealed that "Fundle Bundle" was based on a show called The Land of Hatchy Milatchy, which aired in Scranton in the 1950s through the 1980s.

Francis Rizzo III of DVD Talk called the scene where the office realizes Michael's loneliness "absolutely one of the saddest moments I've seen in recent memory" and noted that "you can't help but feel for him".

[11] Babish applauded the lack of an arching plot, allowing "Michael's faux pas" to take center stage.

[11] Michael Sciannamea of AOLTV called "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" the "best episode yet this season" and noted that "the writers will be hard-pressed to come up with a better story than this one.