Daddy Daycare – Channel 4
February 15, 2012 at 6:41 pm 1 comment
Tonight on Channel 4 (UK) is the beginning of a new documentary series about dads and dads-to-be being involved in caring for children. They are being given a crash course in childcare by being placed in a nursery and being asked to care for the children in that nursery.
Some men may think that childcare is women’s work, others may feel they just don’t have the time to be involved in caring for their own children. Maybe men lack the caring instinct that women seem to have or is it just hidden? What really happens if men are pushed into caring for children… is it a disaster or does it work out allright in the end?
As a male nanny I’ve worked in pre-school and nurseries in the past as well as working in families homes. I am a bloke and genetically I am just like other men I would guess. However I seem more in touch with my childcare ability than some other men. Maybe it is due to being given the chance to be involved in caring for children and then finding that I actually enjoyed that role.
The Daddy Daycare documentary on Channel 4 tonight isn’t about nannying or men working in a nursery but it might be an interesting watch for anyone interested to see how men interact with young children and to see how over time some men are able to care for young children just as well as women are able to do so.
I will be interested to see how the men get on and what response they get from the nursery workers and parents of children at the nursery. Is having a man in the nursery seen as being a positive thing? I will also be interested to see what happens at the end, will those men go on to spend more time with their own children, or even take up a job in childcare.
Daddy Daycare, Channel 4, starts 8pm Wednesday 15th February 2012
This is available on catchup 4OD
Update:
Looking at how people have been finding this blog post about the Daddy Daycare programme on Channel 4, some people have searched for more information about the nursery featured in Episode 1. That nursery to my knowledge was Magic Roundabout at Stockwell. Map Their Ofsted report can be viewed here on the Ofsted website. There is a virtual tour of the nursery available on the Magic Roundabout website.
Episode 2 was at Carlton Hill Community Nursery, NW8. Ofsted report. Map. Nursery Website.
Episode 3 was at Tadpoles Nursery, SW10. Ofsted Report Nursery Website
What did you think of the programme? Do you feel it will encourage fathers to spend more time with their children? Do please add your comments.
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Rachel Lewis | February 15, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Hi Nick, I worked with three male childcarers in a ski school nursery in Colorado and they were GREAT. Full of energy, fun and smiles and the children loved them.