Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care

Every Mother Works! Video Exposé by Kids First Australia

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 8, 2011May 25, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

September 8, 2011. Kids First Parent Association of Australia - video: Gillard punishes mothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TprGwsaj5mA e

Swedish intolerance in child care

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 26, 2011June 29, 2020in 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"

April 4, 2011 Surrey Now article, MP Hiebert’s income-splitting bill ‘fluff,’ says NDP opponent Keeping

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 4, 2011June 12, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

April 4, 2011 Surrey Now article, MP Hiebert’s income-splitting bill ‘fluff,’ says NDP opponent Keeping (broken link)

Ontario Ministry of Education memo from Assistant Deputy Minster on Kindergarten

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 1, 2010May 16, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc.

Oct 2010: Ontario Ministry of Education memo from Assistant Deputy Minster shows they EXPECTED "UNFUNDED COMMITMENTS" for all-day Kindergarten. What do they do? Shove more kids into too few rooms? This CALLOUS LACK OF REGARD FOR CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING means that…

Letter to the Toronto Star Editor in response to: “Daycare spaces or $100 cheques?”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 30, 2008June 11, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

"Pay parents for their work" Toronto Star, Sep 23, 2008, pg. AA.7 Re: Editorial, Sept. 20 titled "Daycare spaces or $100 cheques?"This editorial asks the wrong question. The question is When will all children and parents in Canada be treated…

Britain’s Daily Mail finds Swedish woman are asking for an end to daycare discrimination

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 15, 2007June 17, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Sweden

Britain’s Daily Mail finds Swedish woman are asking for an end to daycare discrimination: women are far from equal after 30 years of policy discriminating against parental child care. Parents in Britain—and Canada—take note! Nov 26, 2007. Daiy Mail -…

Article: “Parents of babies to be given ‘learning diaries’ so experts can monitor children”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 29, 2007June 17, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc.

May 29, 2007. Daily Mail - article (web): "Parents of babies to be given 'learning diaries' so experts can monitor children" This article about new Orwellian tactics was brought to our attention via Sweden. It seems there is money for…

Take action against Bill C-303 on early learning and child care

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 25, 2007June 17, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Government Submissions, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

Bill C-303 is the latest attempt by the daycare lobby elite to hijack all funding for "early learning and child care."This Bill is now being debated in a Parliamentary Committee. So far, it is supported by all three opposition parties.Please…

Federal Budget 2007: Good News—Bad News

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 15, 2007June 17, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care

2007. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - report (PDF): Federal Budget 2007: Good News—Bad News

The daycare lobby is using the “UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” to argue for more daycare (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 1, 2006June 29, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Law, legal cases, formal complaints

The daycare lobby is using the “UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” to argue for more daycare. They avoid mentioning the primacy given the family and the parent-child relationship throughout the document. May 2006. report (PDF): “Canadian early…