Parents’ and Children’s Rights

Behind the baby gap lies a culture of contempt for parenthood

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 26, 2006July 7, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Policy with promise, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

March 6, 2006. "Behind the baby gap lies a culture of contempt for parenthood": An article by Madeline Bunting published in The Guardian that points out how women’s unpaid care-work is worth more than entire GDP

Media Release March 2th, 2005: “Kids First Response to Federal Budget & Child Care Funding”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 2, 2006July 7, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

MEDIA RELEASERESPONSE TO THE BUDGET - CHILD CARE PROPOSALKIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADA604-291-0088 Kids First Parent Association of Canada is calling for a budget amendment that will uphold the Constitution when it come to child care policy. All are…

American “feminist” slams mothers with degrees who look after their own kids

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 22, 2006June 12, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

American "feminist" slams mothers with degrees who look after their own kids February 22, 2006. ABC - article (web): "'Mommy Wars': To Work or Stay at Home?" "A good life for humans includes the classical standard of using one's capacities…

Media release February 9, 2005: “Message to Fed-Prov Territorial Meeting: Legal Challenge Sought to Daycare Discrimination”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 9, 2006July 7, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

Joint Media Release February 9th, 2005 JOINT MEDIA RELEASE From: Kids First Parent Association of Canada and Citizens in Favour of Equal Government Childcare Subsidies For all Children / Les Citonyen(ne)s en Faveur de L'equite Fiscale des Subventions Pour Soins…

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…

Daycare Dis-information Buster: Creating False Impressions with “Child Care” Words and Numbers

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 25, 2006July 7, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc.

Helen WardKids First Parent Association of Canada The daycare lobby has created the impression that most children are in daycare most of the time. A game with the meaning of "child care" is why many believe that 50 % or…

Hutchinson v. BC : BC Human Rights Tribunal rejects Ministry of Health discrimination against hiring family as care providers

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 26, 2005June 29, 2020in Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Policy with promise

Hutchinson v. BC (broken link): BC Human Rights Tribunal rejects Ministry of Health discrimination against hiring family as care providers. This case has implications for funding of other forms of care including child care.

Media Release December 12th, 2005

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 12, 2005June 26, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

DAYCARE and "BEER-GATE": ACCOUNTABILITY, HATE and LIESKids First Parent Association of Canada604-291-0088 Sunday on CBC's political panel, Scott Reid, strategist and top adviser for the Liberal Party, repeatedly insisted that parents would "blow" the $1200/year per child 0-5 promised by…

Background to All-Day Schooling: Daycare Lobby Strategizing at Taxpayer Expense

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 1, 2005June 1, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Power imbalance between parents & state

Child Rearing by the State: The “Integration” Agenda to Merge Daycare and School Background to All-Day Schooling: Daycare Lobby Strategizing at Taxpayer Expense The OECD’s idea of All-Day Kindergarten for ages 3-5 was established in Canada with the secretive strategizing…

Swedish legal case involving a family wishing to care for their own child

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 26, 2005June 29, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Power imbalance between parents & state, Sweden

Swedish legal case involving a family wishing to care for their own child:September 19, 2005. Carolina Kaya - appeal document (PDF): "Re: Appeal for reversal of a municipal decision"

The Failure of European Family Policy: Does Daycare Raise Birthrates in Sweden? (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 10, 2005June 29, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Power imbalance between parents & state, Sweden

The Failure of European Family Policy (broken link): Does Daycare Raise Birthrates in Sweden? Dr. Allan Carlson, historian of Swedish family policy, demonstrates the falseness of the claim that Sweden has overcome sub-replacement fertility rates: policy that coerces mothers into…

Financial Post: March 7th, 2005

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 7, 2005July 7, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

EPLY TO BUZZ HARGROVE ON CHILD CARE POLICY [Mr. Hargrove, President of the Canadian AutoWorkers Union, had an article in the Financial Post Feb 28, 2005 calling for more daycare funding. This response was published March 7. Sections here in…

Calgary Sun Dec 13, 2005: Grits are scary on child care

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 25, 2005July 7, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby

Calgary Sun Dec 13, 2005: Grits are scary on child care

Swedish Complaint to The United Nations

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 26, 2004June 29, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Power imbalance between parents & state, Sweden

November 28, 2004. Barnens Rätt Till Föräldrarnas - "Report of violation of your Convention on the Rights of the Child" (PDF)