No More Cupcakes!

Many of you make have heard about the child care shut down tomorrow and be wondering what it is about. Across Australia, and to some extent most of the world, Early Childhood Education and Care is seen as trivial, low skilled work, by both the general public and the powers that be. An example of this attitude was David Leyonhjelm’s 2017 comment about our work consisting of “wiping noses and stopping children from killing each other.” This pathetically poor attitude is, unfortunately, quite pervasive, along with the misconception that Early Childhood Educators get to “play all day” and should be happy to work for menial pay.