An ethical question for those teaching very young learners. As English teaching professionals, we are very quick to differentiate ourselves from the simple native teacher with no training whatsoever. Why is it that this ethical stance does not transfer to the teaching of very young learners or young learners for that matter? Would I be wrong in thinking that someone who holds even a CELTA has very little idea as to how very young learners learn and their cognitive capabilities? Why is it OK for the teacher with no training whatsoever to be placed in a classroom full of 3-4yr olds, yet not OK for them to be teaching adults, whom they certainly understand better? This is terribly common practice here in Spain and from what I hear in Japan, but do parents care so little elsewhere?