Calling Men

The result of aging on male fertility is not very clear. However, growing evidence suggests that it may be a factor (although not to the extent that it is in women). This evidence indicates that age-related sperm changes in calling men are not abrupt, but are a gradual process. Aging can adversely affect sperm counts and sperm motility (the sperm’s ability to swim quickly and move in a straight line).

Better qualification and training would attract more boys into jobs in the childcare sector, according to a new report from the Equal Opportunities Commission. Figures show that only 4 per cent of childcare workers are male and there are only 15 male childcare modern apprentices in Scotland, 1.5 per cent of the total. However, three in 10 (27 per cent) of the call men surveyed would consider working in the childcare sector.
The EOC said that key barrier to recruiting calling men into childcare still existed. They were:
• Insufficient information for boys at schools on caring careers and apprenticeships, despite high levels of interest
• The perception of childcare as being "women's work" and a belief that call men are unwelcome
• Poor pay and conditions.
Men's mounting interest in the childcare division is being linked to the more and more active role they engage in recreation in bringing up their children. The report, call Men into Childcare, suggests that a more diverse workforce significantly improves the quality of provision by exposing children to a wider range of positive role models.
We know that call men are interested in working with children, with nearly a third of men saying they would think about the childcare sector as a career. We know that children benefit when more calling men are involved. A 2006 study also suggested that the genetic quality of sperm declines as a man ages. The researchers found that poor sperm motility was associated with DNA fragmentation. This led to some older call men having an increased risk of passing on gene mutations that cause dwarfism and possibly other genetic diseases.
In addition, we know that more than three-quarters of parents would like to see more calling men working in their children's nurseries, play centers and after-school clubs. Therefore, it is time to start dismantling the barriers that stand in men's way. In Denmark, men make up 8 per cent of the childcare labor force, recruitment campaigns are targeted at men and childcare workers are trained "pedagogues" able to work with a range of children. Norway hopes that by 2010 a fifth of childcare workers will be call men.