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Dr. Steve Perry is a nightmare, both for our educational system, as well as, for improved relationships between the genders. His perspective that all boys do when they "play" together is to fight with each other is NOT born out in child play research. His knowledge base around this topic is clearly anecdotal, not connected to anything scientifically obtained. The misogynistic underpinnings of his educational perspective is harmful to students of both genders. No doubt, the female teachers in his school feel it and dislike being part of it. He doesn't understand how undersocialized he, himself, is, so he cannot speak creditably about what the socialization needs of young girls or boys are. He hasn't engaged in much self-reflection, which is a practice the best teachers pursue, along with life-long learning. I have no idea what his doctorate is in but it certainly is NOT in child psychology, as the attitudes and behaviors he espouses toward children of both genders isn't based on anything scientific, apart from "cave person" practices of thousands of years ago. Why do these interviewers not challenge the fact that Dr. Perry doesn't have any credentials to speak about the mental health needs of young children? No one on that video is qualified to speak about mental health issues, yet they yack on about it as though they do have tremendous expertise in this area. As someone who is a clinical expert on both mental health and early childhood education, I'm far more qualified to address these issues than any one of those three men. Dr. Perry is merely a traditionalist who insists that 1) males and females are vastly different from each other, so must be treated in vastly different ways (which is not factually born out in scientific research) and 2) males are happiest in authoritarian, aggressive environments like the military. I reject both of his premises and I do not believe that this world is better off by encouraging boys to be constantly aggressive/violent, either toward each other or toward females. All humans, regardless of gender, need to learn to manage their own thoughts/feelings/behaviors, along with treating others with respect and compassion - not treat others merely as prey to be victimized, at will. Dr. Perry expresses concerns, on a very superficial level, about the violence of boys toward each others, yet complains when female teachers squash violent thoughts/actions which occur in their classrooms. Then, he gripes about how boys shoot each other. He's the one who keeps saying that being violent/aggressive is the behavior that's "natural" for boys, so why wouldn't he applaud it when those same boys pursue that thinking to its logical end, that boys should be raised to fight, shoot, and kill everything - since competition is the KEY VALUE for boys/men to be "fulfilled" human beings, from his nonscientifically based perspective. Violent play is NOT the "norm" for boys, merely for boys who've been encouraged by key adults to be aggressive in their interactions with others. This includes key adults (like the teachers within 19 states), who are still permitted to use corporal punishment within schools. If you don't want children assaulting each other, it's imperative that adults not be permitted to assault children either, as they're role-modeling that behavior! Children learn what they live. Thus, if they live/school within violence-supportive environments (domestic violence, corporal punitive, child abusive/neglectful environments), they learn to act as savages. If they live/school within environments which support kindness, cooperation, and tolerance (and similar "civil" behaviors), then that is the type of play they will engage in. Dr. Perry appears to support learning environments where boys can act impulsively on their violent whims, without intervention by females/teachers who might actually teach them to learn self-control/self-management skills over their impulses. Having taught along side male early elementary teachers myself, I'm keenly aware that they use exactly the same strategies when working with young children, that female teachers use and for precisely the same reasons. Dr. Perry apparently hasn't done any of this type of teaching, nor has he, obviously, spent any time observing males teaching young children. His level of ignorance on this topic is enormous and harmful, from what I've heard/read. Dr. Perry's own prejudices against women, female teachers in particular, is appalling, along with his incongruent ethical standards, where violence from boys should be encouraged and supported (as "natural" behaviors), while girls are to be taught to behave in a socially cooperative fashion. This is as traditionally sexist a perspective as they come. The fact that far too many boys are being raised in violent, aggressive households and neighborhoods (as well as, live without any calm, supportive, emotionally mature, male role models in their home/private lives), plays a huge role in their struggles to learn to interact respectfully and compassionately toward others. Note, he never mentions how abandoned the boys are by their male family members. He wants to blame female teachers (or mothers) for all of the problems of boys. He refuses to point out that adult males have abandoned their younger male AND female offspring/relatives, while the mothers are the only individuals who have NOT abandoned them, regardless of the severe challenges they face. The over-medication of young boys has much to do with classroom sizes that are too large, beyond the capacity of any single adult to be able to responsibly manage (and principals in these poorly supported schools know this quite well). Schools across the USA have been financially abandoned, while we've raged two major overseas wars, trashing whole nations, then rebuilding new schools/roads/hospitals/etc. to replace the ones we destroyed. Our children have been financially ignored, while we've been busy slaughtering the children and families of other nations. Yet, Dr. Perry doesn't mention those facts. He merely wants to scapegoat female teachers. This is a teacher/principal who has never taught young children. He clearly knows nothing about the needs of young children (beyond his own life experiences), nor does he acknowledge the fact that most men view young children as not worthy of their attention - thus entirely the "domain" of women. That is how/why there are so few male elementary school teachers. Most men (especially traditionalist men) simply devalue young children, so can't be bothered to actually spend thousands of hours of their lives working with them. If Dr. Perry had actually spent thousands of hours TEACHING young children, he'd understand quite well what the purpose of the classroom rug is (BTW, rugs have been used in classrooms for well over 100 yrs, so are hardly a "modern" invention). Since he's discussing a topic he's never engaged in himself, he's doing nothing more that displaying classic "blowhard" responses on the topic. Having children sit on a rug is a very nurturing approach toward a handful of activities, including teacher reading/storytelling periods, singing/music activities, and "show & tell" periods. A rug area permits youngsters to be able to see a wide range of objects "up close", yet in a contained manner. Desks keep little ones at a far distance away from visually-based events. Young students are very curious and want to be able to closely observe the pictures in storybooks, the posters/song charts used in sing-alongs, the "treasures" shared during "show & tell" time, etc. Additionally, young children CANNOT tolerate sitting trapped behind a desk for hours at a time every day (which is what HE advocates kindergarteners do). THAT is an "unnatural" activity for active youngsters (though it IS an unnatural activity for adults - like himself). Sitting on the floor allows young children to shift their positions frequently, while the square colors/boundary lines help them learn to set boundaries with their bodies (BTW, most young children PLAY at home, by sitting/kneeling on the floor, not sitting at a table/desk, as the floor is their most comfortable/familiar/"natural" territory). Young children do not know where their bodies begin/end and another person's body begins/ends. Thus, they have to be taught about "personal boundaries" and controlling their limbs, when in close proximity to others. Many times, youngsters accidentally step on, kick, trip over, slap, or otherwise invade the "personal space" of another child, because they haven't yet learned to monitor what all the parts of their body are doing, when they are visually focusing on something other than their body. These inadvertent "boundary violations" are what lead to many classroom fights. Giving each child a visual "boundary" in which to keep all of their body parts, helps them to gradually gain more awareness and control over their physical actions. I've witnessed it thousands of times. It's a developmental skill that, once a young child has successfully learned, keeps him/her from unintentionally harming others with their clumsiness and lack of body awareness challenges. By the time those children are seven or eight, they've outgrown the need for external cues to remind them where to keep their bodies - they've usually mastered "personal space" issues, so teachers stop using them, at that point. Next time, I would recommend that these interviewers actually select a teacher who has taught early childhood education classes to young children, as their guest speaker, rather than engaging in an ignorance-filled conversation with a man who isn't even remotely an "expert" on this topic. This video simply permits this misogynist an opportunity to scapegoat females (who are usually excellent at their jobs), for the multi-level failures of our society as a whole (in terms of financial and social priorities), as well as, the failure of millions of our nation's men to value, support, guide, and teach their young children/relatives (of either gender). It is the men (especially fathers) who are failing, not the female teachers. The teachers are underpaid, undervalued, and undersupported. Most men don't value the work that they do, so refuse to enter the profession themselves, nor bother to educate themselves about the basic developmental and educational needs of young children (including their own). Dr. Perry is leading the "scapegoat squad" against the very individuals who DO value, support, and devote their lives to the care and well-being of young children - the elementary teachers of America! I believe he needs to join the military himself, as his sole goal is to "go to a warring" and he doesn't particularly care who gets harmed in that fight!