Increased antibiotic resistance, infections, and use of prescription medications: Health implications of children in child care centres Part B: Injuries and infections (broken link)
Author: kidsfirstcanada
Parents Association Of Canada
High-quality affordable daycare? There’s never enough money or staff (broken link)
High-quality affordable daycare? There’s never enough money or staff. Alberta Liberal and NDP MLAs and daycare operators oppose Alberta’s effort to slightly improve the quality of infant daycare. “Day-care operators leery of new rules (broken link):” Calgary Herald (Sept 20,…
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All-week daycare in East Germany—a mother tells of her own and her child’s story
24/7/365 available daycare is a goal of some daycare proponents. All-week daycare in East Germany—a mother tells of her own and her child’s story: September 2000. Karin Jaeckel. Fathers for Life - book excerpt (web): "Germany devours its children —…
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Sept 8, 2010 Globe and Mail editorial—Proof before playtime (broken link)
Sept 8, 2010 Globe and Mail editorial—Proof before playtime (broken link). All day K promoters have not provided evidence for their claims.
Sept 7, 2010—CBC interview on BC Almanac on all-day Kindergarten
CBC interview on BC Almanac on all-day Kindergarten with Paul Kershaw of HELP and Helen Ward of Kids First. Kershaw crticizes Ward because she “doesn’t have a PhD” and says all-day K has “potential, IF…” (Go to minute 30:55 of…
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Sept 7, 2010 Globe and Mail article—Full-day kindergarten in Ontario gets failing grade
Sept 7, 2010 Globe and Mail article—Full-day kindergarten in Ontario gets failing grade (. The article includes comments from Kate Tennier, Kindergarten Credit co-ordinator, and Dr Kevin Milligan, UBC economist.
Research on the Negative Health Impacts of Daycare Centres (broken link)
Hazards for Daycare Staff A study in the Oxford Journal of Occupational Medicine finds the health hazards for daycare staff include injury, infection, stress due to exposure to saliva and feces, biting, noise, being undervalued, fear of liability, etc.: Occupational…
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New report by Ontario all-day-K man's organization regurgitates "$2-for $1 investment" cost-benefit non-peer reviewed fabrication (broken link)
Aug 30, 2010. Globe and Mail - article "Full-day kindergarten spending may deliver twice the returns: report" (broken link)Let's look at who is behind this media release and report: Atkinson Charitable Foundation (broken link)—Charles Pascal, Ontario's Early Learning Advisor and…
Sept 2010: Play-dates being outlawed in Ontario—state control of child-rearing ramps up
Aug 19, 2010: Play-dates being outlawed in Ontario—state control of child-rearing ramps up. Read this letter dated Aug 18, 2010 from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services: (download PDF here). And the response dated Aug 19, 2010 of the…
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An Aug 10, 2010 article about two Swedish families being fined for homeschooling has been translated to English(broken link)
An Aug 10, 2010 article about two Swedish families being fined for homeschooling has been translated to English (broken link) and has generated many wonderful comments in English from the international homeschooling community. You can support these Swedish families by…
Not all hands are up for full-day kindergarten (broken link)
Not all hands are up for full-day kindergarten (broken link). Aug 2010 article in The Globe and Mail
Paul Kershaw on how the state should reshape us and our families
Top tax-funded daycare lobbyist, Gen-squeeze head & UBC HELP staff PAUL KERSHAW on how the state should reshape us and our families. 2010 PDF Human Early Learning Partnership publication: The just commodification of women, equal care obligations for men, and…
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Dominic Johansson: Kidnapped by the Swedish Police for Homeschooling
June 25, 2010. Homeschooling in Sweden - article (web): "Dominic Johansson: Kidnapped by the Swedish Police for Homeschooling" See also:2010. Friends of Domenic Johansson - article (web): "Read more about the Johansson family’s struggles with Swedish authorities"
2010 Australian Poll: large majority prefer equal funding for parental child care (broken link)
2010 Australian Poll (broken link): large majority prefer equal funding for parental child care
June 2010: New Swedish Law Outlaws Home-Schooling (broken link)
June 2010: New Swedish Law Outlaws Home-Schooling. The Swedish government is embarrassed by international outrage at this new law, so read the information and sign the international petition (broken link) at the bottom of the linked page.