Daddy Daycare TV show gets fathers working in the nursery

The three-part series ‘Daddy Daycare’ on Channel 4 sees how nine fathers cope looking after children at three London nurseries under the watch of staff.

All of the men have little or no experience in looking after children, some of them think it is easy, others feel they are too busy with their jobs to help raise their children, while the rest aren’t interested in getting involved.

During their week’s work experience at one of the three nurseries, the fathers must take on the role of a nursery practitioner and play with children, change their nappies and feed them.

The aim of the programme is to teach the men to be become more involved with bringing up their own children and prove that childcare isn’t solely for women.

The Pre-School Learning Alliance advised the makers of the programme on aspects relating to maintaining Early Years Foundation Stage welfare requirements, and all of the men underwent the same vetting procedure as other nursery practitioners.

The first one hour episode follows father of three Gary, dad of one Jay and father-to-be Stefan, who spent a week working at the Magic Roundabout Nursery in Stockwell.