Quality & staff-child ratios

Video: What Benefits Children’s Development? What The Top Economist James Heckman Really Says.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 19, 2023in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Attachment, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mental/Emotional Health, Parents’ and Children’s Rights, Policy with promise, Quality & staff-child ratios, Welfare reform, workfare, McJobs, Women & Work

February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (youtube video): Interview with Nobel Laureate economist Dr James Heckman - "The Role of Families in Human Flourishing" Original article: February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (article): The…

Canadian Daycare Research

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 14, 2020May 8, 2021in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Enrollment statistics, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Quality & staff-child ratios, Vacancy rates

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…

Charges Laid In “Baby Mac” Daycare Death – Government Is Also At Fault

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 21, 2020August 21, 2020in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

August 2020. Vancouver Sun - web: Charges laid in 2017 death of toddler at unlicensed East Vancouver daycareSee PDF copy here Kids First was consulted by the lawyers for this family in 2018 regarding their case against the government.…

Washing their Hands of Responsibility—Keeping Daycare Centres Clean: The Impossible Dream?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 30, 2020June 11, 2020in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

Can mere mortals maintain even the draconian hand-washing regime required of daycare staff (and babies and children) to prevent spread of disease WHILE ALSO providing sensitive responsive care to a group of up to 25+ children? Try this at Home…

Inadequate Daycare Quality (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 22, 2020May 22, 2020in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

2008 Canadian Paediatric Society position statement - Health implications of children in child care centres Part A: Canadian trends in child care, behaviour and developmental outcomes (broken link) The report states a 1998 questionnaire study of 325 Canadian daycare centres…

Swedish daycare is VERY costly at $27,000/yr/child age 1-5 and very undemocratic. (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 26, 2019June 26, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Quality & staff-child ratios, Sweden

Swedish response to Globe and Mail article praising Swedish daycare system (broken link): Swedish daycare is VERY costly at $27,000/yr/child age 1-5 and very undemocratic. TAXES to pay for it are so high that almost no parents cannot afford to…

What is Highest Quality Non-Maternal Child Care? Dad’s & Grandparents Provide Most ‘Positive Care-Giving’ – Daycare Centres Provide Least (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 25, 2019May 23, 2020in Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

Link here (broken link) NICH?

Government Lying Again to Parents About the High Quality of Daycare

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 20, 2018May 22, 2020in Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

The federal government is again claiming that it funds "High Quality" early learning and child care. However the evidence from studies of daycare quality conducted by daycare advocates, and from peer-reviewed empirical studies shows that the majority of licensed daycare…

Daycare Staff: Child Ratios and Group-Size Laws Harm Kids

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 1, 2017May 21, 2020in Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

Peer-reviewed research on the effect of daycare ratios and group size shows that at current ratios and group sizes approximately 50% of children in daycare centres will not receive "appropriate care-giving" or "developmentally appropriate activities.""Thresholds of Quality: Implications for the…

Trusting Strangers and Risks to Children

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 1, 2016May 19, 2020in Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

Entrusting our children to strangers involves risks. Criminal record checks cannot protect children from assault. Staff and volunteers working with young children may assist them with toileting, diapering, dressing, playing, injuries, etc. which require touching them. Parents may not even…

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…

Jan 2014 CBC report: Daycare inspections hide crucial information

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 10, 2014May 16, 2020in Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

Daycare inspections hide crucial information

Nov 2010, Ottawa Citizen article—Full-day classes for kindergarten are a nightmare (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 1, 2010June 2, 2020in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Quality & staff-child ratios

Nov 2010, Ottawa Citizen article—Full-day classes for kindergarten are a nightmare (broken link)

Website offers anonymous child-care reviews (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 9, 2010June 11, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Quality & staff-child ratios

Website offers anonymous child-care reviews (broken link): A CBC story about a new website where parents can comment anonymously on daycares or schools. The daycare and school establishment is opposed (of course!). Sharon Gregson (see article) is on the Vancouver…

Breast Milk Kills Viruses:

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 1, 2010May 23, 2020in Breastfeeding, Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

Breast milk fights viruses contained in rotovirus vaccines so vaccines do not work as well in countries with more breastfeeding. October 2010. Sung-Sil Moon, Yuhuan Wang et. al. Pediatr Infect Dis J - research: Inhibitory Effect of Breast Milk on Infectivity…