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.