1998 (posted 2021 March). Andrew Peyton Thomas. Wall Street Journal - (article): "A Dangerous Experiment in Child Rearing". PDF excerpt copy for reference Edward Zigler, co-founder of US Head Start program, called daycare centres "PSYCHOLOGICAL THALIDOMIDE"The research cited in this…
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Policy Shorts & Sound Bites For Child Care and Family
March 2021. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - (PDF doc): "Policy Shorts & Sound Bites For Child Care and Family" Polict Shorts & Sounds Bites For CHild Care and FamilyMarch 2021Note: ELCC = early learning and child care ENDING…
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Canada & England’s Top Banker Says The GDP Is An Inadequate Measure
March 2021. Mark Carney. CBC radio/BBC – (lecture): “BBC Reith Lectures: Mark Carney, Part Three“ . Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, says that the GDP is inadequate to measure what we value…
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BBC article – “Is the Western way of raising kids weird?”
2021 February. Kelly Oakes. BBC - (news web article): "Is the Western way of raising kids weird?"Expectations for sleep, togetherness, bed time, independence are different in different cultures. The key to thinking outside the Western box might be to remember…
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KF Media Release: Indigenous teen denied addiction treatment by government agencies and police
KIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADAwww.KidsFirstCanada.org 604-291-0088 info@KidsFirstCanada.org Media release - 440 words Indigenous teen denied addiction treatment by government agencies and police Burnaby, BC - February 11, 2021 - A mother is pleading with BC government agencies and police…
2021 February – Video interview of BC mother battling government agencies and police who refuse to allow her to access health care for her minor son who is at extreme risk due to drug addiction.
Feb 10, 2021. Mother and H. Ward. Youtube - (web video): "Interview with mother battling BC government agencies to get medical treatment for addicted teen" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uflab8O9RGQ&feature=youtu.be Kids First President Helen Ward has been assisting the family and personally witnessed the…
A leading Canadian economist, Dr Michael Baker of the University of Toronto, special lecture on proposed Universal Child Care – pros and cons
INTRO TO DR BAKER AT 11:25 - listen to questions alsoDecember 18, 2020. Cate MacLeod. University of Toronto - (web article and video): "Video | A Universal Child Care Strategy: The View From Economics | The 2020 Morley Gunderson Lecture…
Daycare Lobby Fuzzy Numbers Noted
2020 December. Jack M. Mintz. Financial Post - (web op-ed): "Daycare is no Laffer matter: The public should be skeptical of stories, even ones garbed in sophisticated economic analysis, that subsidies will pay for themselves" KF archive PDF copy here Kids…
You Bet I Care! – Full reference for project studies
From the Live Work Well site:Study 1 - A Canada-Wide Study On Wages, Working Conditions and Practices in Child CareStudy 2 - Caring and Learning Environments: Quality in Child Care Centres Across Canada (Here is a seven-page "summary")Study 3 - Caring and Learning…
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“MATURE MINOR” CONSENT laws and BC Infants Act: HELP FOR PARENTS
November 24, 2020Read and adapt this redacted letter to "health care providers" who allow minors to consent to or refuse health care without parental consent. Health care providers (in the BC Infants Act) includes anyone providing any therapy or preventative…
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“Looking after your own child is work, and it’s honourable work and it’s essential work and it should be regarded as such” – Helen Ward
Kids First President Helen Ward quoted: Nov. 18, 2020. Alex Ballingall. The Star - article (web): "Ottawa considering tying provincial money for child care to a new set of national standards" See Kids First PDF copy for reference here NOTE…
Canadian Daycare Research
The "You Bet I Care!" research was done for the federal government. There were 4 studies released in about 2000. They were done by top daycare lobbyists. The reports contain reliable evidence of:- high vacancy rates (study 1)- inadequate quality…
Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes
KIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADA http://www.kidsfirstcanada.org info@kidsfirstcanada.org Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes Burnaby, BC - October 15, 2020 - BC’s political parties have missed the opportunity to earn votes…
Daycare Subsidies: Aggregate Info From The BC Government
Daycare gets money even when kids are not there Get up to $4500 Cash Just to Apply Apply to Open a Daycare (plus other subsidies) Get Emergency Cash to Fix or Move Daycare Centres but not Children’s Homes Milking The…
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Animal Studies Find Many Lasting Harms Caused by Maternal Deprivation Part II
multiple dates - multiple peer-reviewed research papers - posted at Science Direct - MATERNAL DEPRIVATION"Maternal deprivation produces abrupt increases in HPA axis activity as indicated by elevations in the serum concentrations of corticosterone (the rodent equivalent to cortisol) and ACTH,…
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