http://www.kpho.com/story/24475228/...-from-waist-up-in-packed-classroom?hpt=ju_bn3
This guy is a BULLY with a capital B.
He has NO BUSINESS being a teacher.
He SHOULD NOT be a foster parent.
He SHOULD NOT be an adoptive parent.
This guy gives me the creeps. In his 50's and wants to be a single dad? Now? In his 50's?
Perhaps I am stereotyping and being sexist, but what I have seen indicates that single men in their 40's and 50's who want to foster and adopt can be pedophiles.
Yes, I'm sure there may be some who are great and just want the chance to be a dad. I think that's rare though, without having a partner of some kind. I've read too many stories about single middle aged men adopting or fostering kids unrelated to them who are later discovered to have horribly abused them.
Combined with what the man did here? Creeeeepy.
I personally have never known a male kindergarten teacher, but our school district has lots of male 5th grade teachers and they're fabulous.
I just don't think it's really within the skill set/brain make-up of most men to be able to deal with kindergartners day in and day out. The necessary flexibility that requires is usually found more in women than men.
Well I know
that's just totally untrue. I worked in preschools and day cares for years. There were several young men who cared for the little ones that I met. They were fun, energetic, caring, compassionate. A bit different in their approach than the ladies but very capable of caring empathetically and patiently for little ones.
One of my uncles is a professional flamenco guitarist. His wife was a teacher. When my cousins were little, my uncle was the one who was with them all day because he played at night. Since they were infants. He is by far more nurturing, softer and more cuddly than my aunt. She's more stern and no nonsense. He's funny and sensitive with kids. Many, many fathers are. Things are changing as more women work and fathers are sharing the raising of kids or becoming primary caregivers.
I admit to some biases myself - like about middle aged single men wanting to become single dads to unrelated kids. It makes me nervous. But to say that men in general can't handle a bunch of kindergartners? Totally false.
And in my experience, the little ones LOVED the male teachers and daycare workers. Just swarmed them like a pack of puppies. Adorable!!