What is being an Early Childhood Educator Means?
It's not easy being a Child Care Educator. And whoever thinks that being a Childhood Educator is playing around all day. They don't know what they are saying.
Yes a childhood educator plays, but they play all day with the children.
To be a Childhood Educator is to hear your name be called about 1654 times a day, worn to exhaustion, and in 500 of those times you will be called blow a child’s nose or wipe the dirt anywhere in their body. In another 300 times you will probably be called to tighten a gown so that the princesses can parade with their royal dresses through the toddler life. or to put on the robe so superman can be seen.
And being a Childhood Educator is having the ability to respond to that 1654 requests that children makes on a daily basis.
Being a Childhood Educator is to allow children to paint a pink dog and a blue cat, a yellow tree and more.
Being a Childhood Educator is giving the children the right to challenge: "I do not want to paint an egg at Easter or a heart on Valentine's Day."
Being a Child Educator is to allow artists to express themselves, freely. It is allowing the children to create, and that the creations can naturally enjoy. No pressures.
Being a Childhood Educator is to allow Christmas to be when the children want it. Literally whenever they want.
Being a Childhood Educator is to see children smile when they play with the earth in the playground or walk in the rain, even if parents often dislike it. Sometimes it's the parents who get mad at us.
Being a childhood educator is to get certificate 3 in childcare or diploma in early childhood education from reputable schools only to sometimes be underpay on our career sometimes.
Being a Childhood Educator indeed has hardships. But as bad as our day will be, however much we have been psychologically and physically exhausted, we have no time or space to hold resentments.
And at the time of farewell, at the end of the day, there is always time for a pure kiss and a sincere hug. And more than money, it is what makes our job rewarding
Think of this. Is it great to have a profession where we have the future of the world in our hands? I say yes.
