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Men Can Make Great Child Care Business Owners Too!

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The first childcare center that my son attended was owned by a man. In fact, the Owner was very active in his facility and I was quite comfortable with him.

Moreover, he was very nurturing with all the kids and the parents seemed to really connect with him. However, I could not help but to notice that his staff was predominantly made up of women and this caused me to wonder why there are so few men working in childcare.

In 2000, My uncle decided to care for children in him and my aunts home and offered to babysit my daughter Chasity; while I operated my home daycare. I was excited that he offered to babysit her. In fact, he was more than a baby sitter, he completed his CDA Credential, we attended childcare classes together and I gained lots of insight from him on how to be more understanding with my toddlers.

My husband is a co-owner of my center and he loves to stop by the center to give the children high fives. Moreover, he provides me with great business advice and the kids usually see him working around the building. Also, the kids do not hesitate to point out any broken items around the building, because they know that he does all the building maintenance.

According to Men in Child Care Network of Ireland, Children grow up in a society that is focusing more than ever on equality issues. However, many of the children in Childcare are left in a situation where they have no contact with men between 8 am and 5 pm. In fact, The Child Care Network  Ireland believes that there are many benefits to children working around men and they are as follows:

  •  Children benefit because men bring new ideas and ways of working into childcare.
  • Fathers benefit because they have someone to relate to and may feel more at home.
  • Staff benefit because more gender balanced staff
  • Teams gives different ways of looking at issues facilitating different approaches
  •  Having men working in childcare shows children that manliness can include caring

Do you have men on your staff?Do you know of any men that own their very own childcare businesses? If so, what are your thoughts about their childcare program?

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With men in childcare in mind,

Shiketa Morgan

Source article: http://www.childcareonline.ie/files/1237391358.pdf

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Child Care Center, daycare, Men in Child Care, Staffing

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How To Help Parents Feel at Ease About the Men in Your Home

06 05 12

When my daughter was a toddler, I chose a home daycare that was near my home. I really like the provider, however, I was quite uncomfortable with her husband being around my child.

In fact, I did not like the fact that her husband walked around the home with no shirt on. I thought it was so unprofessional. Every day that I dropped my daughter off, I grew even more uncomfortable with her husband being around my daughter, so I took my daughter to a family member.

Two years later I opened my very own home daycare and I realized that I had 2 men living  in my home. So I thought about how I would help the parents to feel at ease with the men in my home daycare.  Here is what I did:

  1. When parents would come to tour my home, I would introduce my husband and my teenage brother to the parents.
  2. My husband and my Brother’s background checks were readily made available to parents and this was discussed upon enrolling their children.
  3. I also discussed with the parents if my husband or brother would ever help with the kids and when they were in the home during childcare hours.

I strongly believe that my efforts to help parents feel at ease about the men in my home helped me to build strong relationships with my parents. Moreover, the parents and the kids really liked my brother . My husband is a contractor and many of the parents utilized his remodeling services. My home daycare has been closed for 9 years now and  many of the parents from my home daycare, still call my husband today for his services.

Do you have men in your home and how are they involved in your home daycare?

Shiketa

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Family Child Care, Home Daycare

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