Ruskin House School, a family-run childcare business in Herne Hill, hashad men on the staff for the past ten years.
For Howard Blackman, age 25, who started at the nursery earlier thismonth, it is his first job in childcare. He said, 'I love interactingwith the children. They never fail to make me smile.'
Manager Kandice Keenan, daughter of owner Dawn Green, who set up thenursery in 1985 when Kandice was a baby, said, 'I think you would belucky to find such a diverse setting as ours. I feel it is of realimportance for the children to have the opportunity of interacting withboth male and female nursery nurses.'
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