In February this year, there was, in Southampton, an exciting and very forward-looking national conference on men in the early years. It was entitled Early Years: A Career for Everyone and was attended by many early years practitioners, especially men. Indeed, the few women who were present, myself included, got a taste of what it is like to be in a small minority.
Coupled with this, there has been a recent upsurge in the numbers of local and regional UK networks of male early years professionals sharing this interest – for example, the Bristol Men in Early Years Network, the Southampton Area Men in Early Years network (see box) and Tower Hamlets Men in Childcare Forum.
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