To ask your opinion on this:

[LokiBear]

DH is a qualified teacher. He just mooted the idea that he might quit his job and register as a childminder. I said I didn't think that many people would want to leave young babies with a male childminder as its quite unusual to hear of male childminders. DH said he thinks lots of people would. So, we decided to ask on here. Simply looking for a yes/no answer; no elaboration needed. I dont think dh is serious about really quitting his job, but genuinly interested in seeing if people would choose a male childminder.

Yes, absolutely if I felt that person was the right fit for DS.

My dad is going to do a lot of childcare when I go back to work. It’s different I guess because I know him very well but it’s still (shock horror) a man!

It wouldn’t even occur to me to have a problem with it.

(My partner was a nursery nurse/early years childcare for decades!)

Yes

Do you know what, there would have been a time when my children were younger when I would have said I didn’t have a problem with a male childminder at all.

But I’m older and wiser and more cynical now. It’s an objective fact that the majority of child sex abusers are men. And as we are all increasingly aware, these abusers are very good at grooming everyone around them. It’s also an objective truth that paedophiles choose professions and activities that will bring them into close contact with children and give them the opportunity to spend a lot of time with children on their own.

Of course NAMALT. My own husband would make a fantastic childminder, for example. He’s very patient and kind and great with children. If anyone suggested he was a paedophile I’d be very angry.

But, having said that, when it comes to mitigating the risk for my own children’s childcare, on balance I’d always choose a woman childminder.

I wouldn't, no.

I wouldn’t due to the increased risk. That sounds awful but factually and statistically my child would be more at risk of abuse from a male childminder working alone. I would not have a problem in a nursery setting.

No. I wouldn’t admit it in real life though

I would not, and I would happily admit it in real life too.