Category: Sweden

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

Posted by on in 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…

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Funding for parental child care vs daycare in Sweden, Finland, Norway

Posted by on in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Parental preference, Sweden

Finland has the largest cash benefit for parental care and lowest use of daycare, and also has the best outcomes in the world for high school academic results on OECD PISA tests. Read about the different Nordic funding schemes in…

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UK Daily Mail article featuring Kids First Swedish Colleague

Posted by on in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Sweden

Mar 17, 2013: UK Daily Mail article featuring Kids First Swedish colleague, Jonas Himmelstrand, Long days at nursery or with childminders 'raising a generation of school tearaways'. Research says that bad behaviour is linked to hours spent without parents. Jonas…

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“Gender equity” style parenting resulted in more mental health problems for kids

Posted by on in Mental/Emotional Health, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Sweden

March 2012: Study published in International Journal for Equity in Health of "gender equity" parenting (both parents spending equal amounts of time at jobs and doing child care) in Sweden finds children have more mental health problems with gender equal…

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Swedish intolerance in child care

Posted by on in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Policy with promise, Power imbalance between parents & state, Sweden

May 15, 2011. The Family Campaign Foundation of Sweden - media release (PDF): "Swedish intolerance in child care"

Swedes opposing Swedish daycare and family policy:

Posted by on in Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Power imbalance between parents & state, Sweden

Swedes opposing Swedish daycare and family policy: April 1989. Jan-Ola Gustafsson. - presentation transcript (PDF): "On daycarism in Sweden"1989. Katarina Runske. - speech (PDF): "Speech by Mrs Katarina Runske 1989"1994. Katarina Runske. - speech (PDF): Speech by Mrs Katarina Runske-Norén…

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May 5, 2011: Jonas Himmelstrand of Sweden’s Mireja Institute debunks the myth that Sweden is a social utopia based on its national daycare program

Posted by on in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Sweden

May 5, 2011. IMFcanada - youtube video (web): Jonas Himmelstrand of Sweden’s Mireja Institute debunks the myth that Sweden is a social utopia based on its national daycare program April 26, 2011 in the National Post - article (web) Jonas…

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Day care statistics from Sweden 2009: 92% age 18 months to 5 years registered in daycare centres

Posted by on in Enrollment statistics, Misc., Sweden

Dear friends, The statistics of the number of children in day care in Sweden have recently been officially updated for 2009. In the concept "day care" both day care centers and child minders are included. The numbers for 2009 are…

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