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Early Childhood Education and Care News
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September 28, 2021
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Kia ora, this week five ideas for eliminating restrictive gender stereotypes in your service and why now is the moment to introduce a wellbeing initiative for your team.
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Tackling gender stereotypes
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There is no doubt gender stereotypes can cause harmful effects among children and adults. And, as awareness of these preconceptions arises early in life, educators are in a unique position to support gender equality and tackle rigid stereotypes that can limit a child's behaviour and the possibilities they see for themselves.
Restrictive gender stereotypes perpetuate inequality and reinforce views about what a person will like or how they will behave, simply because they belong to a particular group.
When it comes to gender, stereotypes are based on an assumption that all boys will be the same and like the same things, and all girls will be the same and like the same things.
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Raising the bar on workplace wellbeing
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Early childhood educators face unique job-related challenges that can take a toll on their physical and mental health. The emotional nature of the work, the reality of workplace issues such as noise, time demands and minimum breaks can add significantly to the burden on employees, making a supportive workplace wellbeing program a must-have.
Workplace wellbeing goes beyond feeling happy at work and contributes to an educator's feeling of belonging to a community, personal safety and job satisfaction.
In business literature workplace wellbeing has shown outcomes that includes a drop in employee turnover rates, increased productivity and reduced absenteeism.
Personal wellbeing helps people function well in the world and contributes to feelings of happiness, enjoyment, curiosity, contentment and engagement with physical and mental health benefits.
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