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

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 5, 2008June 1, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Policy with promise, Power imbalance between parents & state, Privacy, data collection, Popdata BC, Quality & staff-child ratios, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

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…

Daycare Turf Wars: For-Profit Big Box vs. Non-Profit Big Box vs. State-Run Big Box

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 15, 2008June 17, 2020in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc.

March 28, 2008Helen Ward, PresidentKids First Parent Association of Canadawww.kidsfirstcanada.org604-291-0088 The issue of funding 'private for-profit' daycare is where the daycare lobby gets internally conflicted between its left and right. The bed-mates start to fight, and as in most divorces,…

Mustard Calls Quebec Study “chicken shit”, McCain Accuses Authors of Denying Breastfeeding Benefits

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 10, 2008June 17, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc.

Should Daycare Lobby Heavyweights Wear Pink and Stop Bullying? Daycare Gurus Mustard, McCain, and Hertzman Slam Pro-Breastfeeding Economists The study that showed negative outcomes for Quebec daycare has been called "chicken shit" by Dr. Fraser Mustard, former Chair of Ballard…

Corporate Welfare: Labour Force expansion policies: The OECD and the World Bank seek a larger, globalized, more “flexible” Labour Force

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 10, 2008June 17, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Corporate Welfare: Labour Force expansion policies (cat link): The OECD and the World Bank seek a larger, globalized, more “flexible” Labour Force. Importing low-wage labour means higher profits through lower wages. This Guardian article describes the situation in Europe. “Putting…

Daycare Promotion by Corporate Right and Neo-Cons/Neo-Liberals

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 1, 2008June 2, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

Though often thought of as “left-wing,” daycare and other institutional care/learning have long been aggressively promoted by the corporate right, which is not known for being “family friendly.” Check out the child policy of these organizations: The World Bank (broken…

Billionaire McCain Displays Contempt for Low-Wage Nannies

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 20, 2008June 17, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Misc.

In the February 14, 2008 Senate Hearing, Margaret McCain, wife of the frozen-French-fry billionaire, made the following insulting unsupported comments about nannies (paid "in-house caregivers"), many of whom are immigrants from racial minorities. No Senator is recorded as questioning her…

New Vanier Institute Report: The Rise in the Number of Children and Adolescents Who Exhibit Problematic Behaviors: Multiple Causes (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 20, 2007June 29, 2020in Attachment, Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mental/Emotional Health, Physical activity, sleep, sedentary behaviour & screen time

New Vanier Institute Report: 2007. The Rise in the Number of Children and Adolescents Who Exhibit Problematic Behaviors: Multiple Causes (broken link) Kids First summaryPress Release (broken link)Globe and Mail article and readers’ comments (broken link)Recent related reports: UNICEF report…

Perry Preschool Propaganda Project Reality Check: Daycare: The More You Spend, The More You Save!!!???

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 1, 2006July 7, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

Spending billions will add $2 TRILLION! Daycare lobby economists, often from the corporate sector, come to this fantastical "costs/benefit" conclusion largely based on the 1962 Perry Preschool Project. That's the study that found every $1 "invested" saves $7. It involved…

Royal Bank of Canada Vice President Charlie Coffey speaks of the “business imperative” in “Early Child Development,”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 1, 2006July 7, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI

Royal Bank of Canada Vice President Charlie Coffey speaks of the “business imperative” in “Early Child Development,” which means daycare. Speech textVideo of speech

Parents vs State Intervention in Child-Rearing: Clarifying our Roles

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 26, 2006June 29, 2020in Breastfeeding, Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc., Policy with promise, Power imbalance between parents & state, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

January 4, 2006 Last month, Scott Reid, chief of communications for the Liberal Party, repeatedly insisted that parents would "blow" the $1200/year per child 0-5 promised by the Conservative Party on beer, popcorn and videos. Another aide supported him and…

Corporate Right World Bankers Lobbying for Daycare—Speech

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 10, 2006July 7, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc., UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI

Royal Bank of Canada Vice President Charlie Coffey speaks of the "business imperative" in "Early Child Development," which means daycare.Speech text at: http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/20050928coffey.htmlVideo of speech at: http://www1.worldbank.org/hdnetwork/External/cy/ccoffey.htm We agree that care and learning and development are good for children, but…

Review of Ann Crittenden’s book, If You’ve Raised Kids You Can Manage Anything

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 24, 2005June 29, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

October 24, 2005. Review at Stratletter of Ann Crittenden’s book, If You’ve Raised Kids You Can Manage Anything