goodness Craig, what have you started?! I think you win the prize for the letter that generates the most interesting discussion!
I was one of the first to reply to you, and I've followed the discussion with interest, had lots of laughs and even been moved to clap a couple of times. The chest beating as you guys go off to the pub is strictly tongue in cheek,I know,(though it backs up a very strong point), but today I feel the need to highlight a point I originally made.
Statistics (so far) show that children are more likely to be abused by men than by women, and parents are right to want to protect their children from such horrors. Important also is the fact that EC workers, men and women, need to protect themselves from wrongful accusation, by not putting themselves in a vulnerable situation. In Brian's case, if some parents had voiced their concerns about the windows, the Director was right to act upon those concerns. The most sensible solution was of course, what actually happened, that all the windows were uncovered. This is about children's safety, not only about discimination against men. Stand up to wrongful discrimination, without letting it cloud the most important issue here - that of the safety of the children in your care. Taking a parent's concern personally rather than re acting to it professionally, will not further what is a vital cause: attracting and retaining men in the field of EC. Keep up the good work.
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