Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 5/20/2000 8:30:00 PM Author: Brian (Wanderingdragon1@Hotmail.Com) Subject: Men in ECE and Professionalism Whining's one thing ... addressing a legitimate concern is another. Of course the parents are going to have guilt problems and are going to react to the media drum beat typifying men-as-abusers. As a professional, I expect that. But I expect the other professionals in my field to help me as I educate the parents, not react to their fears and prejudices. Know what else women in ECE can't do? They can't let the kids feel their beards and then have them feel the tops of their own heads so they know beards are just hair growing in another place. Neither can they let an infant or toddler cuddle up against their beards while being rocked to sleep. But you know what all of us can do? We can accept that men and women nurture kids in different styles, and that the kids need both styles to adequately develop into whole human beings. Name: Email: Subject

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