When i dropped my DD (y1) her MALE teacher was standing talking to a parent being cuddled by another wee lass

[brightlightsandpromises]

And i couldnt help but think that my DD is so very lucky to have such a caring and approachable teacher. That anyone who thinks that teachers shouldn't be able to physically interact with children in such a way should get a kick up the bum.

Oh and, this is probably a bit UR, because it does make me have a teeeny bit of a crush on him

wouldn't not would!

We are lucky in our primary to have 7 male teachers ( it's not a big school so the kids get to know them well). And they always seem to get a trainee male one each year.

One of the teachers is delightful with the kids but us mothers scare the hell out of him. With a bunch of 6 yr olds he's in complete command - the thought of having to talk to a mother after school and he's quaking.... Then again some of those mothers make me quake.

Yay for OP! Like Pastapesto though I'm a tad disappointed - off to find another thread to vent my PMT on

Bring back hanging!!!

OOPS

Many moons ago when my dd was 3 had a male swimming teacher, and although she could swim, she'd go to the middle of the teaching pool and say in the most flirtatous voice 'x oh save me, oh save me i can't swim', he'd then wade over to her and she'd throw her arms around his neck and say 'oh x, thank you'.

The other parents would roar with laughter, and all used to sit there with as we wanted to be in that position!!!

I have a crush on my dd1's p6 teacher - even though I am pretty sure he's gay!

DS's teacher looks like Helen Baxendale
Maybe I should ask her for a cuddle.

DH is a care worker for kids in residential units and sadly they DO have to be careful about contact as they are frequently accused of touching the kids up. These accusations are made by the children themselves, who are generally very disturbed and who HAVE been sexuallt abused. It's very sad, because these children NEED caring physical contact.
He currently has a 7 year old boy T, who will climb onto his knee, snuggle in and say "cuddle me like a proper daddy". it's very sad.
Good on this class teacher BTW OP.

Aw nice to hear a positive attiyude towards male teachers, we had a male student teacher in the nursery and the kids loved him, especially the boys.I felt he hung back a bit though, probably scared to go near them.

I am a primary teacher, 22wks Pg, and since I developed a bump all my (yr1)pupils keep hugging me! You would NEVER want to hug our one and only male teachEr!

I was coming on to boast about my lovely DH and how all the children in his primary school love him and follow him round like he's the pied piper, then I was going to rant about how as a bilingual scientist male teacher he was still currently threatened with redundancy for the second time in 12months, rant, fat cats, bonuses etc BUT Richard Armitage, oooooooh lovely, why have I never seen him before. Can I trade him for my DH? Is he on telly in anything I can drool atwatch at the moment? If not where does he live, just for information you understand?

:( demented, your post brought a tear to my eye - heart your hubby x

Awwww, how lovely! Wish there were more male teachers at primary level - head and PE teacher are at DS1's primary, but new male class teacher appointed this year, hoping DS1 is in his class in due course.

My partner has a bit of a fan club at school.. amongst the mums. One has to talk to him for a cosy chat about her perfectly normal, well achieving, socially confident child every afternoon...

ooh catnao, i wonder if your husband is my DDs teacher, my friend is always in there, big wide eyes wanting to know if her little precious has eaten all her dinner that day Me, i'm too shy to talk to him cos i get all tongue tied! lol

Looking forward to the summer when he leads the morning exercise session in his shorts

slightly older but ds2 had a fab male Y6 teacher who was the best thing since slice bread and yes rather tasty to look at to.Funny Pta was never so well supported as when he came to events

He was great at working with kids thinking out of the box as well

Our depute head is a man and he's also ds1's P6 teacher - he is fabulous and the children, esp the boys, just adore him. He is such a good role model for them. There is one other male teacher who is equally loved. They have such enthusiasm for their jobs - they are the only ones who have gone out of their way to run clubs in school for the children - chess, cross-country and a running club and take the children outside for football at golden time.

Our nursery has loads of male staff and again it's so good to see how differently the children interact with them and how important it is to have strong, positive models both male and female bring complementary skills to child-rearing (this is on the back of the terribly sad Panorama programme I saw this evening on absent dads and the lack of insight the mums had on the role dads could play with their children).

Mmmm, brightlightsandpromises...he might be - the mummy in question seems somewhat obsessed by lunch too!