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Harper Fiscal Accountability Fail: Billions Omitted in PBO Child Care Report

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 8, 2015May 16, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Misc.

Kids First Parent Association of Canada604-291-0088 Burnaby, BC - April 8, 2015: Kids First Parent Association of Canada says the Harper government lacks fiscal accountability for child care funding and calls on the Parliamentary Budget Office to retract its new…

How the Family Tax Cut Works and Who Benefits From It

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 1, 2015May 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc.

Global News: How the Family Tax Cut works and who benefits from it

Police harass kids and parents

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 30, 2015May 16, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc.

March 2015 Salon article: "Help! My kids were stopped three times by police for being outside unsupervised" Police harass kids and parents for walking and biking in safe neighbourhood. Result? The kids are now afraid to go out alone. Time…

Daycare lobby propaganda strategy for eliminating “resistance” to “paradigm shift” spelled out

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 20, 2015September 15, 2023in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Misc.

The daycare lobby propaganda strategy for eliminating "resistance" to "paradigm shift" is spelled out in this 2011 paper by University of Toronto political-science and public policy professor, Linda White, "Institutional―Stickiness and Ideational Resistance to Paradigm Change: Canada and Early Childhood…

Adolescent Health – protective and risk factors: Findings from the US Add Health Study

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 10, 2015May 16, 2020in Attachment, Mental/Emotional Health, Misc.

The quotes below come from the Monograph, "Reducing the Risk: Connections That Make a Difference in the Lives of Youth"Download "The home environment makes a difference in the health of American youth. When teens feel connected to their families and…

Parent & Child Rights Cases & Documents

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 5, 2015February 27, 2022in Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

List of human rights laws, cases, etc. related to parental/child rights in CanadaDownload UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - parent rights and "respect for parent" highlightedDownload List of international human right agreements on parental authorityDownload

HELP as Media Darling: Propaganda Production (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 1, 2015May 25, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc.

HELP's media coverage (broken link)—a very long list.Kershaw's media coverage (broken link)—click on the +. It is currently more than any other HELPer. See also Hertzman's coverage.Kershaw's bio/blog (broken link)—and picture of him on horse at his farm "Dr. Kershaw…

Join The Campaign to Stop Mattel Doll That Records Your Conversation

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 1, 2015May 16, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Misc.

March 2015: Barbie Big Brother: Join the campaign to stop Mattel doll that records your conversations

How Many Children can one Person Care for all Day?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 5, 2015May 16, 2020in Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

Government makes ratios and group size worse. See BC Child:Staff ratio laws All-day Kindergarten - 1 teacher for 22 kids for 6 hoursNew category "multi-age child care" allowing 1 adult to 8 children: 1 child under 1 year + 2…

Maryland Parents Investigated

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 1, 2015May 16, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc.

Jan 2015: Maryland parents investigated for neglect after letting kids walk home alone from park

Unpaid GDP and the Wealth of Work in the Home

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 25, 2014May 16, 2020in Misc.

Dec 2014 article from Home Renaissance Foundation UK says unwaged work to be counted: Unpaid GDP and the Wealth of Work in the Home

Iowa student refuses to be weighed by school

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 30, 2014May 16, 2020in Misc., Obesity, Power imbalance between parents & state, Privacy, data collection, Popdata BC

Nov 2014, Iowa student refuses to be weighed by school In BC we have the "Daily Physical Activity" DPA reporting requirement which has schools requiring students to report and electronically record at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day.…

Three Issues That Pit Canadian Parents Against the State

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 25, 2014May 16, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

Nov 2014, CBC News: 3 issues that pit Canadian parents against the state Discipline, medical procedures and sex education continue to stir controversy in Canadian courtrooms

B.C. child-care spaces

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 20, 2014May 16, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Misc.

Nov 2014, CBC News: B.C. child-care spaces could increase by 13,000 over 8 years Minister says the budget is set for 2,000 spaces so far

Full Equality For Women (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 15, 2014May 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

FULL EQUALITY FOR WOMEN: Funding for family care work embraced by economists and lawyers "every mother is a working mother" Sept 2014 "Setting a wage for homemaking" - Mercatornet (broken link)September 2014 "Taking Unpaid Housework for Granted Is Wrong" -…