Children’s Well-Being – Page 4 – Kids First Parent Association of Canada

Research on Children in Orphanages Shows Vital Role of Parental Attachment and Other Impacts of Neglect

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 24, 2014October 8, 2020in Attachment, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural

February 2014 . Jon Hamilton. science news article and video - US National Public Radio: "Orphans' Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape A Child's Brain" Kids First reference copy here (PDF) "parenting... is a bit like oxygen. It's easy to take…

Calgary Herald article

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 20, 2014June 15, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Parental preference, Policy with promise

Via IMFC February 20, 2014. IMFC - update (web): Calgary Herald: Andrea Mrozek quoted in editorial favouring income splitting See original article here: Calgary Herald article (broken link) See Also 1999 Federal Sub-Committee report (download PDF here) on income splitting

Mums in Prison Can Keep Babies

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 20, 2013May 16, 2020in Attachment, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

BC Court says mums in prison can keep babies. The right to security of person includes breastfeeding and attachment. Dec 2013 Globe and Mail article: Babies can stay with jailed moms

Birth-Mothers are Different Than Other Parents (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 13, 2013May 16, 2020in Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Pregnancy

Supreme Court of Canada rules birth-mothers are different than other parents. West Coast LEAF lawyer publicly congratulates and supports Kids First goal of challenging definitions of "child care" and "work" that discriminate against the work of parental child care. Hear…

Britain pays mothers to breastfeed in pilot program designed to reduce stigma in poor communities

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 1, 2013May 15, 2020in Breastfeeding, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc.

Nov 2013 article: "Britain pays mothers to breastfeed in pilot program designed to reduce stigma in poor communities"

SUBSIDIZED DAYCARE = SUBSIDIZED PROFITS = CORPORATE WELFARE (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 28, 2013May 15, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

SUBSIDIZED DAYCARE = SUBSIDIZED PROFITS = CORPORATE WELFARE: Quebec daycare economists promote the Quebec daycare system because it increases labour supply and thus lowers wages which increases business profits. They also endorse neo-liberal/neo-conservative "trickle down theory" asserting that "eventually" this…

Gordon Neufeld on Roles of the Family and State

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 25, 2013May 16, 2020in Attachment, Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_oKdN6v2ss#t=1107

Sept 2013: The Telegraph newspaper – UK coalition says The Government should stop intervening in early education

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 10, 2013May 14, 2020in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Play

Sept 2013: The Telegraph newspaper - UK coalition says The Government should stop intervening in early education. Letter signed by many experts says evidence supports more play and later formal schooling

Why Preschool Shouldn’t Be Like School, a Slate article by Alison Gopnik (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 30, 2013May 14, 2020in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Play

Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School, a Slate article by Alison Gopnik

Economists Listen Up: New Zealand Mum feeds family of ELEVEN with meal that costs $NZ10 (CDN$8.25) (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 1, 2013May 14, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc.

July 2013, Economists Listen Up: New Zealand Mum feeds family of ELEVEN with meal that costs $NZ10 (CDN$8.25)

March 8, 2013 International Women’s Day: Hugo Chávez knew that his revolution depended on women

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 8, 2013May 13, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

March 8, 2013 International Women's Day - UK Guardian article by Selma James, founder of Wages for Housework, and Nina Lopez of Argentina, founder of Legal Action for Women and joint co-ordinator of the Global Women's Strike: Hugo Chávez knew…

TVO Parents Videos: In The Importance of Attachment (broken links)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 1, 2012May 13, 2020in Attachment, Misc.

TVO Parents Videos: In The Importance of Attachment, Gordon Neufeld explains his opposition to all-day kindergarten. He says, "the state should not be commissioned to take care of our children" and "to hand the child over to the state: the…

Quebec daycare kids more likely to be obese

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 20, 2012May 13, 2020in Misc., Obesity, Quebec

Nov 2012: Study published in Journal of Pediatrics finds daycare linked to obesity (head author: Marie-Claude Geoffroy) CBC article: "Obesity odds may be higher for children in daycare" Toronto Star: "Daycare and obesity: Parents weigh in on why kids in…

Strong Connections Foster Strong Children

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 1, 2012May 13, 2020in Attachment, Bullying, Misc.

Nov 2012: Report on bullying policy by Institute for Family & Marriage Canada "Family responses to bullying: Why governments won't stop bullying until families step up." This report applies attachment theory and Dr Gordon Neufeld's work to the issue of…

Aug 2012: Nurturing children: Why “early learning” doesn’t help

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 30, 2012June 16, 2020in Attachment, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural

Aug 30, 2012 (web): Nurturing children: Why “early learning” doesn’t help. An article by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada with interviews of Dr Gordon Neufeld and Kids First President, Helen Ward download PDF copy here