Ask Dr. Helen: Should Men Be Kicked Out of the Church Nursery?
Returning to the first subject of Helen’s post:
This sounds like a Mormon/LDS ward to me. I’m not sure how many other congregations specifically have nursery for those aged 18 months to 3 years, nor how many refer to the leader who would make a call on this as “bishop”.
My wife is a primary (ages 3-11) teacher, and I’ve helped to teach her class of 6-7 year olds on numerous occasions without any complaints. There is a two teacher rule, yes, and the most common pairing is a husband and wife team. Personally, I like the two person rule for practical reasons – crowd control. There are plenty of men who help out in the nursery in my ward, mostly in husband/wife teams again. It’s one of the preferred callings to receive, as it’s always a lot of fun to do. The situation described above is certainly not typical.
I don’t have all the facts here, but it sounds like the bishop simply doing what parents demand. I don’t think the parent is in the right, of course. There is the possibility of something under the surface we don’t know about this particular man, but I think she’s in the wrong.
