Getting to know my students. A Daddy's Daycare in Malaysia.



Every year as sure as the sun will rise. students will leave and new students will arrive. 

But ignoring that let's ask a deeper question...why is a dude now running a daycare and how does that work?

Well to be honest there are weird moments when I introduce myself and my career.  Awkward even as when they hear me say that I am a daycare teacher. daycare operator, childcare provider and etc it often triggers a curious response.

Yes. I am in a field largely held by women.  As a child I was raised in this childcare environment which makes it a very lively and merry home indeed. My parents operated from our home,  and went on to run bigger daycares for almost four decades with perhaps over a thousand children having come through our doors.  Through most of the process I was witness and participant in helping to run the daycare. In Form 1 I would be up at 4am to help prep the meals and porridge for the kids.  When I was back from school I would help watch and teach the daycare children until they would leave and thenI would start my own homework. 




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