2007-07-22 14:44:55 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I ADMIRE and RESPECT any and all MEN who have the BALLS and backbone to go against the "norm" and get themselves involved with kids.
What bothers me, is the insecure idiots that get upset about it!!!
2007-07-22 14:49:59 · answer #1 · answered by BikerChick 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No. I know guys who worked in a day care/after school program with me and they were great with the kids, especially with the boys because they would coordinate sports and games. If the person isn't into it for other reasons (such as trying to get closer to children) it's quite alright. If you're thinking it's strange to have a male as a childcare provider because of all the stories of child abuse, abduction, and even molestation, remember...there are women out there who do the same things.
2007-07-22 21:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by CJ 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No not at all, some men are better than women in that area. Take a few in the minority where he cleans the house and cooks and she doesn't lift a finger, i know plenty of those pampered princesses. We have women who work in mines, in construction ect ect... not all women could do it but some are very good at it, so what's the difference?
Just to add...
I think it's great that little boys get a male figure in their lives everyday and it would be good to see more men in those kinds of roles, including getting male numbers back up in teaching our kids. Boys are better with boys around.
2007-07-22 21:57:26 · answer #3 · answered by Shazela 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why should it? All men are not child molesters. I have known alot of men who love kids. There are alot of male teachers. Why should it bother anyone that some choose to guide and shape small minds not in the classroom, but in the daycare center? Men are just as capable of nurturing and teaching young children as women.
2007-07-22 22:06:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are many knee jerk reactions to this that are not based on facts but on the social dictate that women do this kind of work and men - unless there's something wrong with them - shouldn't have any real reason to want to be day care providers.
I know a few men who work in the field and they are anywhere from good to outstanding. One had the opportunity to do many other things in his life including taking over his family's lucrative business but he finds such joy in his work with young children and parents LOVE him. He sees the awe and wonder in the world and in their eyes and together they explore it.
It seems to me that many kids have few male role models in their lives and for some of them, the models they have are not so great. When they see a male that models care, play, trust, respect, and interest in them that will carry on.
Of course pedophiles can become teachers but I hardly think that it's rational or ethical to think that all men (and then there's the even more poisonous suggestion that it is gay men) who work with young children are pedophiles.
btw - a recent study:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/us/19sex.html?ref=health
2007-07-22 21:57:04 · answer #5 · answered by Geraldine 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
To some degree it does but on the other hand, women are just as bad to moleste children. Women tend to be doing it more these days and I have seen men that are wonderful with children. My husband works in a womens prison and he can tell u that 80% of the women in there are in there for molestation so I dont think we should judge someone because of there sex.
2007-07-22 21:50:27 · answer #6 · answered by momofsix 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am a stay at home dad.. does that bother you? it doesn't bother my wife... it doesn't bother my family... why would it bother you? Are men bad people for taking care of children? are you the kind of person who is bothered by a black man teaching your children in school? or a Mexican preparing your food? I am bothered by your question and i think you should try and demonstrate some common sense in your next one.
2007-07-22 22:16:29 · answer #7 · answered by J 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
no not if they have the qualifications to look after the children. babysitting may bother me a bit as no certificate's are needed so then u just never know
2007-07-22 21:49:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No....It doesn't bother me to hear about women who babysit or work in daycares either.
If you are a concerned parent, you should check out your babysitters and your day care providers...or not have babysitters or daycare at all.
2007-07-22 21:52:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nah. Gender roles are changing in our society, we can't fight it, and even if we could, why should we? Women are working now, men are cooking now. Heck, I'd be pretty dang happy to marry a guy who can care for children, because that means he could help me out with our own kids.
2007-07-22 21:56:02 · answer #10 · answered by Chocolate_on_the_Moon 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nope. My son's daycare provider is a stay at home dad. He's awesome with the kids. He doesn't baby them too much or do any of that silly "how do you think it made Jimmy feel when you took his toy away?" crap. Also, a lot of the high school guys work at the local daycares.
2007-07-22 21:51:12 · answer #11 · answered by The Naughty Librarian 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋