Parents’ and Children’s Rights – Page 8 – Kids First Parent Association of Canada

Very Superstitious Parenting

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 5, 2017May 21, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

September 5, 2017 5 Kids 1 Condo: Very Superstitious: How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Our Kids of Independence by Adrian Crook

Funding Families Not "Spaces"

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 30, 2017May 20, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

March 27, 2017: National Post article by Kids First President, Helen Ward, on Federal Budget promise of more daycare funding. Funding families not "spaces" is fair and better for children's well-being.

With Feminism Like This Who Needs Patriarchy?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 5, 2017May 21, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

Response to CBC's The House biased coverage of "child care" in federal budget: March 3, 2018. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - letter to CBC: Download PDF here

Misaligned Budget

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 2, 2017May 21, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

March 27, 2017. Helen Ward. National Post - op-ed: "Helen Ward: The new Liberal budget will send money for 'children' right to the wealthy and the bureaucrats" (Note: this was written in response to the 2017 budget)

Are Child Protection Services Violating our Rights?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 25, 2016May 19, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc.

Are children's and parents' Charter, human and privacy rights being violated by Provincial child protection workers? Parents almost never fight back due to the huge power imbalance, fear, and lack of money and time. And when they do they do…

Defamililialization: Essay by Helen Ward

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 1, 2015May 18, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

Nov 2015: "Ever Heard of Defamilialization? What it is, Who Created it, How It Affects Our lives". This research essay by Kids First President, Helen Ward, exposes defamilialism, the ideology that has led to a massive global policy shift, driven…

Mother of Home Alone 8-year-old to BC Premier: “I Felt Bullied”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 6, 2015May 18, 2020in Child Protection Services, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

October 6th, 2015 Media Release -- email letters includedKids First Parent Association of Canada In letters to BC Premier Christie Clark the mother of the eight-year old at the centre of a recent ruling by the BC Supreme Court describes…

Kevin O'Leary On Daycare: It’s unCanadian

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 5, 2015May 18, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

Oct 2015: Tycoon dragon blasts daycare: "anti family" "incentivizing parents" Business News Network interview - Bucking the international business sector promotion of tax-subsidized daycare, Kevin O'Leary, Canadian tycoon featured on CBC TV's "Dragon's Den", took time during this interview to…

Do Social Workers Have Too Much Power?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 30, 2015May 18, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc., Physical activity, sleep, sedentary behaviour & screen time, Power imbalance between parents & state

September 30, 2015: Do Social Workers have too much power? The Nation explores the question in "Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far? A debate sparked by the free-range parenting movement has drawn attention to the threats and intrusions poor,…

Who Decides, Parents or Social Workers?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 25, 2015May 18, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc.

Sept 2015: Global TV video and article - BC case of 8 year old home alone--interviews with the child's mother and Kids First President, Helen Ward

Parents Have the Right to Decide

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 20, 2015May 18, 2020in Child Protection Services, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

The Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family say "It's a parent's right to decide". Sep 17, 2015 CBC article: B.C. Supreme Court rules 8 is too young to be left home alone

BC Supreme Court Decides Social Workers Trump Parents: All Children Under 10 Must Have 24/7/365 Supervision (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 1, 2015May 18, 2020in Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

Sept 2015, OPEN SEASON ON PARENTS--BC Supreme Court decides social workers trump parents: all children under 10 must have 24/7/365 supervision Dear Editor, Whatever one's view on eight years olds' maturity, this case has very serious implications for parents' legal…

Sarah Godoy's response to "Child care money is just more Tory sexism"

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 30, 2015May 18, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

Dear Sir/Madam, Daycare is expensive, and families who use it and who are struggling to make ends meet certainly deserve support, but parental childcare is equally expensive, and families who provide parental childcare deserve support equally. In my family we…

Child Can’t Walk Home?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 14, 2015May 16, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc.

April 2015 Washington Post article: "Child protection agency seizes children walking home alone from park, doesn't tell distraught parents for two hours". Does the state require parents to provide 24/7/365 child supervision until age 13?

Police harass kids and parents

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 30, 2015May 16, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc.

March 2015 Salon article: "Help! My kids were stopped three times by police for being outside unsupervised" Police harass kids and parents for walking and biking in safe neighbourhood. Result? The kids are now afraid to go out alone. Time…