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Do Social Workers Have Too Much Power?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 30, 2015May 18, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc., Physical activity, sleep, sedentary behaviour & screen time, Power imbalance between parents & state

September 30, 2015: Do Social Workers have too much power? The Nation explores the question in "Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far? A debate sparked by the free-range parenting movement has drawn attention to the threats and intrusions poor,…

Who Decides, Parents or Social Workers?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 25, 2015May 18, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc.

Sept 2015: Global TV video and article - BC case of 8 year old home alone--interviews with the child's mother and Kids First President, Helen Ward

Universal Child Care Outcomes Questioned In New Study.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 21, 2015May 18, 2020in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Quebec

Sept 21, 2015: Universal Child Care Outcomes Questioned In New Study. This study is a follow up from a previous study by the same 3 economists that was published in a top peer-reviewed journal, Political Economy, and won the 2008…

Parents Have the Right to Decide

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 20, 2015May 18, 2020in Child Protection Services, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

The Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family say "It's a parent's right to decide". Sep 17, 2015 CBC article: B.C. Supreme Court rules 8 is too young to be left home alone

BC Supreme Court Decides Social Workers Trump Parents: All Children Under 10 Must Have 24/7/365 Supervision (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 1, 2015May 18, 2020in Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

Sept 2015, OPEN SEASON ON PARENTS--BC Supreme Court decides social workers trump parents: all children under 10 must have 24/7/365 supervision Dear Editor, Whatever one's view on eight years olds' maturity, this case has very serious implications for parents' legal…

What child care do parents really want? – Graduate School of Public Policy

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 20, 2015May 21, 2020in Misc., Parental preference

August 18, 2015. Rick August. Graduate School of Public Policy - article: What child care do parents really want?

The folly of universal childcare

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 11, 2015May 18, 2020in Misc.

Aug 11, 2015 National Post commentary: The folly of universal childcare

Sarah Godoy's response to "Child care money is just more Tory sexism"

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 30, 2015May 18, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

Dear Sir/Madam, Daycare is expensive, and families who use it and who are struggling to make ends meet certainly deserve support, but parental childcare is equally expensive, and families who provide parental childcare deserve support equally. In my family we…

Commercial-Free Childhood News

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 20, 2015May 18, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Misc.

McD's, Disney, Hasbro lost vs Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: June 2015 Boston Globe article

“Kids Safer Than Ever Before” – Lenore Skenazy

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 1, 2015May 4, 2020in Misc.

Free Range Kids movement US founder says kids are safer than ever beforeJune 2015 - The Daily Show US - COMEDY interview with Lenore Skenazy, author of Free Range Kids and founder of LetGrow.org: THE DAILY SHOW 06 03 15…

Tax-funded Daycare Lobby (broken links

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 30, 2015May 18, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Misc.

"Gen Squeeze" (broken link) says its a "lobby" group. It demands $10/day daycare and opposes funding families equitably.Squeeze head, Paul Kershaw is paid over $145,000 (broken link) ($134,753 + $11,431 expenses in 2014) from UBC's Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)…

FUND CHILDREN NOT SPACES

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 28, 2015May 16, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc., Vacancy rates

April 28, 2015 report by Kids First President, Helen Ward, published by the Institute for Marriage and Family Canada: "Is there really a daycare shortage? - A Toronto case study shows vacancies despite waiting lists and subsidies"PDF: download direct here…

Low Income Parents Spend Wisely

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 25, 2015May 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc.

April 2015, CBC news: Low income parents spend wisely

Funding for parental child care vs daycare in Sweden, Finland, Norway

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 20, 2015May 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Parental preference, Sweden

Finland has the largest cash benefit for parental care and lowest use of daycare, and also has the best outcomes in the world for high school academic results on OECD PISA tests. Read about the different Nordic funding schemes in…

Child Can’t Walk Home?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 14, 2015May 16, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc.

April 2015 Washington Post article: "Child protection agency seizes children walking home alone from park, doesn't tell distraught parents for two hours". Does the state require parents to provide 24/7/365 child supervision until age 13?