Daddy day care. Channel 4

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Anyone watching?

Thanks for this - forgot it was on so shall put it on Ch4+1!

A babys bottle filled with chocolate milk for a 2yo?
Shame the optician isnt a dentist!!

Her commute has totally put my moaning into perspective

I thought that about the choc milk franki

You don't know that she didn't brush the toddler's teeth afterwards!

Scherezade yes my DH is the same and it is very sad that proper hands-on dads are considered the exception not the norm.

Ooo I scent trouble.

I thought 'Mums on Strike' was better than this. I want to watch a C4 documentary and learn something.

2mins in. This is awful and totally unfair on the kids. Am turning off.

Mums on strike was definitely better

I doubt it has made many people feel it's important to have men in childcare. It's probably made people feel either a) that they are crap at it as expected or b) that men will never be welcome working in childcare so not worth pursuing. Rubbish all round.

We dont know that rita, correct...

On an unrelated note, he's an optician and THOSE are the glasses he chooses to wear? Wouldn't be going to his shop.

Twas crap, should have had them looking after their own children, roll on masterchef

I actually quite like Stefan and felt sorry for him when he said that he is worried about the genetic thing of walking away from your children. Don't like the other two at all, that optician one is a complete knob.

I'm not sure I'll bother next week. Depends on the alternatives.

My DH on Jay: 'He could have had a dick-ectomy and he'd still be a dick'.

Also, he's had the snip but he 'hasn't ruled out adopting with Nikki'. Yeah, cos adopting is so much easier than having a biological child. An absolute breeze.

What a pile of poo.

Very disappointing. There were so many other other ways to have explored fatherhood.

I am sick of C4 and their documentaries, I have had enough of Gypsy weddings too.

Was a bit rubbish wasnt it.
No Rita you are quite correct in that i have no knowledge of whether she brushed her teeth afterwards. But what i do know is that a two year old does not need a teat bottle and i can not think of any health benefits to give a 2 year old a sugary drink before bed/with their dinner.

I'm a qualified Nursery Nurse with 20 years childcare experience BTW. Why would men want to work in that nursery? The sexist attitude of the staff was dreadful. "Men running the nursery I'd kill myself". I hope they were all disciplined.

Channel 4 picked a nursery with no men in it presumably because they thought it would be funnier if it was just a men=crap, women=childcare programme. Seemed the station's attitude was as bad as all the men who say childcare is women's work.

They were all rather thrown into it as well. With staff without experience you would let them get accustomed to the children first. Shadow a member of staff or something. You don't ask somebody new to childcare to read a story to 20 toddlers on their first day.

Shit sexist programme from shit sexist channel at shit sexist nursery.

Maybe they should have sent them to an Outstanding nursery instead of one that's merely Good.

Hopefully next week is better