This study does not, however, suggest that there is no value to increasing the number of men in early childhood education. Similar to the conclusions drawn by McGrath and Sinclair (2013), the evidence suggests that the reasons for doing so are primarily social and ethical, not academic, and social in a very broad sense. Cognitive theories of self-formation are helpful for addressing this issue. Centering on the place of others e of self-other relationships e in the formation of identity, including of gender, Andersen and Chen (2002) argued that “the various selves-with-significantothers one has stored in memory compose a set of possible relational selves e a system of knowledge that comes into play [and] that is activated in context.” They continued with the assertion that the “prior experiences with significant others [one has] continuously shape a broad range of personal and interpersonal responses in daily life” (p. 620). Moreover, through these diverse relationships one develops visions of a future and possible self and develops skills of self-regulation, just those skills that so concern educators troubled by “maladaptive aggression” in children, especially boys (Loeber & Hay, 1997), and peer-victimization among preschoolers (see Monks, Palermitit, Ortega, & Costabile, 2011).