Quotes From MCTT Participants

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hild care center directors who participated in the "More Is Caught Than Taught" program offer comments on their experience:

This program is going to help us to grow children that are more empowered — who like themselves.

When MLICCI [training] came along I had to go through a state of maybe I am wrong and become open to change. It was hard but I listened. It's not about me — it's about the children.

[MCTT] helps to enlighten child care leaders — directors, teachers, and also to help parents to understand it's not what you say to a child but what you do that has a large effect upon the actions and the results you get from children.

I'm more conscious of what I say in the presence of the children.

It helped me when MLICCI did a family day. I didn't think it would work, but we had a huge turnout. They came in to our center and since then I've heard some of the older people call my child care center a family center.

My paradigm has been shifted. In child care there are lots of unspoken things. Not even intentional, but there's a hierarchy — director, teacher, parents at the bottom. But we found out how important parents are. We need to build up the parents.

This work has made [me] more conscious of and vocal about child care policy.

MLICCI has come into the centers in our community and the caregivers changed.

MLICCI has come into the centers in our community and the caregivers changed.