Without realizing it, this woman teacher was inconsistent. She didn't understand the natural differences between paternal love and maternal love which will inevitably come to surface in any caqregiving setting. Compared with women teachers, male teachers tend to ask for more free play. They also initiate athletic and practical activities, such as woodworking and bicycle repair, and even including activities which are traditionally feminine. Compared with women teachers, male teachers also have a higher tolerance for noise.
Men exert more gross motor activity with children than do women.
When I teach music to younger children, I ask individual children to sit on my shoulders while I do squats. Then I ask individual children to sit on my back while I do push-ups. It's not just me. Fathers of infants and fathers of preschoolers have been found to be more playful than mothers. Male child care workers and teachers are more prone to roughhouse with children than are women child care workers and teachers.