males in daycare or baby sitting??

[LimeSlice]

I wouldnt have a problem with a male at all. In fact I would probably welcome it! Charlotte has so much female interaction, but when we get back to perth she will have next to no male interaction anymore, and she thrives on it. It would be a plus to me if a centre or FDC was willing to hire a male staffer.

[feeb]

Nope no problem here and I asked DH and he said why would he have an issue!!! Kids love having people around who will interact and play with them no matter what gender they are!

Good luck to him

[MantaRay]

I am a huge fan of males in childcare. There is only one at our child care centre, and I'm really glad that each of the boys have had him as their carer. He is brilliant with the kids and I think male role models outside of the home are far too few and far between. I am sure there will be some parents put off by it, but I think far more would embrace it. At our centre the director has only ever had one parent express concern, before her child had started there, but she soon was ok about it once she met him and saw him with the kids.

In terms of FDC, I work with a male whose wife does FDC and he is back up when she is sick. The families seem to love the arrangement.

[Doing my best]

I wouldn't have an issue with it. I think that if you have to leave your child in care, for whatever reason, they should have the opportunity to relate to both male and female carers.

Like women, men are only in the child minding business if they have a passion for it. Some people are just cut out for it.

But it is just so unfortunate that we live in a society where we only hear the 'bad' of men being in childcare through the media. I totally understand how you might be doubting that people would receive it well, but I think you will be suprised at the support for it.. I don't think society is that narrow minded, just the media!

[Crystalwings]

I think it's a great idea. I work in the industry and am lucky enough to work with a male who the children absolutely love. I must admit though that he doesn't change nappies but that is something the director decided on to protect him more then anything as it is her husband. I also know a guy who does FDC and he was really popular. Not sure about Qld but in NSW FDC is accredited now which I think helps parents to see that not just anyone can run a CCC or FDC and that a lot goes in to running these services.