Category: Policy with promise

“Real choice” in child care through direct funding to parents is championed by leading child development researcher internationally (broken link)

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“Real choice” in child care through direct funding to parents is championed by leading child development researcher internationally: Effects of Child Care on Child Development: Give Parents Real Choice (broken link) by Jay BelskyInstitute for the Study of Children, Families…

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Excerpts from the Report, "Breakthrough Britain: The Next Generation," and Kids First Commentary

Posted by on in Attachment, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Policy with promise

Excerpts from the Executive Summary September, 8 2008. Dr Samantha et. al. The Centre for Social Justice - report: "The Next Generation Report: Early Years Commission Report" (download full report PDF here) [from p4] Current Government policy for the early…

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Parent-Child Attachment Now a Political Issue in Britain. New Report from ex-leader of Conservatives says government should stop pressuring parents to use daycare centres

Posted by on in Attachment, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Children's Well-Being, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Policy with promise

Parent-Child Attachment Now a Political Issue in Britain. New Report from ex-leader of Conservatives says government should stop pressuring parents to use daycare centres London Times Online editorial by report sponsor, former Conservative Party Leader, Iain Duncan Smith: “Think tank:…

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Sweden to Fund Parental Child Care–Reverses Decades of Discrimination (broken link)

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The Swedish Parents' group, Föreningen Barnens Rätt Till Föräldrarnas Tid (approximately the Association for the Right of Children to Their Parents) is a sister-organization to Kids First. It is part of the Swedish "parents' rebellion" that has collected over 50,000…

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Kids First submission to BC Early Learning Agency on all-day schooling for 3 to 5 year olds

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Kids First submission to BC Early Learning Agency on all-day schooling for 3 to 5 year olds: July 5, 2008. Helen Ward. Kids Fist Parent Association of Canada - government submission: "Comments" (PDF) This document can also be found in…

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Background to All-Day Kindergarten: The “Integration” Agenda to Merge Daycare and School

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Analysis by Kids First of the “Blueprint Paper” for Child & Family Policy by the OECD, UNESCO and World Bank. Quotes from, links to, and Kids First commentary on the key ideological strategy document behind daycare and all-day kindergarten: STATED…

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Brown advisor calls for tax breaks for stay-at-home mums after warning over nurseries

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Brown advisor calls for tax breaks for stay-at-home mums after warning over nurseries (broken link): UK PM’s policy advisor, Jay Belsky, cites negative effects of centre-based care and asks for funding for parental child care “on humanitarian grounds.”

Spring 2008—Kids First Submission to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology re: OECD “Starting Strong II” Report

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Spring 2008. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - gov sub (PDF): "Submission to Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology RE: The OECD's Review of Child Care and Early Learning in Canada"

New Study from the UK Recommends $100 per Month for Parental Child Care (broken link)

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New Study from the UK Recommends $100 per Month for Parental Child Care: “Little Britons: Financing Childcare Choice” “[D]aycare was a long way down the list of priorities for parents in deprived families…formal childcare was actively rejected as inappropriate in…

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Thank you Newfoundland and Labrador for leading the way in funding child care equality: $1,000 for birth/adoption and $100/month for first 12 months according to a govenment press release

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Thank you Newfoundland and Labrador for leading the way in funding child care equality: $1,000 for birth/adoption and $100/month for first 12 months according to a govennment press release: May 2, 2008. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador - media release…

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Thank you to Newfoundland and Labrador for leading the way in funding parental child care: $1,000 for birth/adoption and $100/month for the first 12 months

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Thank you to Newfoundland and Labrador for leading the way in funding parental child care: $1,000 for birth/adoption and $100/month for the first 12 months:May 2, 2008, Government of Newfoundland - news release (web): "Province Unveils New Benefits to Support…

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Watch your language! A word on words: "work", "stay-at-home mum", "single-earner

Posted by on in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Policy with promise, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

In the income-splitting and child-care debates, it is important not to devalue the work parents—especially women—do looking after our own children or any other form of unpaid, uncommodified work. The daycare lobby devalues this work already—we do not need to…

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