Men’s involvement in early childhood education (ECE) is an endeavor worth promoting, supporting, and encouraging in both personal and professional life. The rationale is simple: young children will benefit from positive, high-quality teachers of all genders who can teach them about different ways of nurturing, learning, and growing up as authentic and empathetic people. Such an understanding is crucial for exposing young children to different models of femininity and masculinity that can provide them with the tools to create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive spaces and relationships in the future. The two teacher educators featured in this article have committed themselves to teaching, supporting, and mentoring men in the sector to help achieve this noble outcome. Through their extensive record of leadership, practice, and scholarship, both Calvin E. Moore and Jean Y. Plaisir have contributed an illuminating body of work and cultivated a life’s commitment to recruiting and supporting men in this sector.

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