Over the past weeks, I have been reflecting on my own practices and interactions with children, and asking how they could be perpetuating or challenging potentially harmful stereotypes.
The pre-school years are of peak importance in shaping a child’s worldview, meaning that the influence of EYFS practitioners cannot be overstated when it comes to raising children to espouse the principles of tolerance and equality that a healthy community depends upon.
We know that infants start to develop attitudes towards gender roles and gender equality based on interactions in their family homes, but these ideas are moulded and crystalised based on their experiences in the outside world.
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