MONEY KEEPS MEN OUT
At the pre-school and primary school that I work in, we have no problems at all in involving dads and granddads in their children's care and education. Large numbers of them bring and collect their children every day and willingly volunteer to help out during sessions or with extra activities, trips and outings. They are not put off by working alongside female practitioners and teachers.
Many of them say they would have loved to work with young children, especially after becoming parents. When we ask them why they didn't choose childcare, there is only one answer: because they could not afford to support a family on a childcarer's salary.
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