The world is in the midst of societal shifts in gender role expectations. In many societies, traditional norms of woman as nurturer/caregiver and man as provider/disciplinarian are yielding to new social practices where women and men are expected to fulfill a full range of adult roles and responsibilities. The clearest evidence of this change lies less in evolving workforce statistics, and more in the numbers of men in public with infants strapped to their chests, pushing strollers on the street, and at the diaper changing tables. Historically, and to this day in countries that limit women's rights and access to employment opportunities, the formal education of children has been principally a male discipline. In this article, the author discusses the involvement of the male in early childhood education and how early childhood programs present an opportune and principled focal point for social transformation toward gender equality in the youngest generation.