The journal article, Bringing Boys and Girls Together: Supporting Preschoolers, talks about the relationships that young children can make with opposite gender classmates and peers. Friendships are a way that young children can learn and develop, and teachers can be the instigators for opposite gender friendships. The article talks about the benefit to growing opposite sex friendships at an early age because it supports learning, appreciation and respect for the opposite sex, and much more. Additionally, this article gives tips and ideas for teachers on how to intentionally set up their classroom environment to support such friendships. I like this article because I think that all children should feel welcome to befriend whoever they may please, and that being friends with the opposite sex at a young age is sometimes seen as "odd" or "indifferent". I think that this article shows that children can learn a lot when they branch out to make friends with all different kinds of people.
Manaster, H., & Jobe, M. (2012). Bringing boys and girls together:
Manaster, H., & Jobe, M. (2012). Bringing boys and girls together:
Supporting preschoolers. Young Children, 67(5),
12-17.
Retrieved from
http://www.naeyc.org/yc/pastissues/2012/november
Retrieved from
http://www.naeyc.org/yc/pastissues/2012/november
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