Women & Work

Video: What Benefits Children’s Development? What The Top Economist James Heckman Really Says.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 19, 2023in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Attachment, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mental/Emotional Health, Parents’ and Children’s Rights, Policy with promise, Quality & staff-child ratios, Welfare reform, workfare, McJobs, Women & Work

February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (youtube video): Interview with Nobel Laureate economist Dr James Heckman - "The Role of Families in Human Flourishing" Original article: February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (article): The…

Daycare Lobby Power Grab History: Toronto Star Daycare Reporter Describes How Canada’s Daycare Lobby Legacy Feminists Got Power by Getting in Bed With the Business Elite Neo-lib/Cons, “The Boys”, “The Suits” at RBC, the World Bank and the OCED

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 8, 2021May 8, 2021in 2021 Daycare Budget, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

2005. Laurie Monsabraaten. Toronto Star - (news article): "The 'Tiny Tot' brigade; The daycare lobby believed it might actually for the first time in 30 years taste victory a publicly funded, national child-care program. But defeat seems to be making…

WSJ – “A Dangerous Experiment in Child Rearing”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 16, 2021in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

1998 (posted 2021 March). Andrew Peyton Thomas. Wall Street Journal - (article): "A Dangerous Experiment in Child Rearing". PDF excerpt copy for reference Edward Zigler, co-founder of US Head Start program, called daycare centres "PSYCHOLOGICAL THALIDOMIDE"The research cited in this…

Canada & England’s Top Banker Says The GDP Is An Inadequate Measure

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 2, 2021March 2, 2021in Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

March 2021. Mark Carney. CBC radio/BBC – (lecture): “BBC Reith Lectures: Mark Carney, Part Three“ . Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, says that the GDP is inadequate to measure what we value…

BBC article – “Is the Western way of raising kids weird?”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 28, 2021February 28, 2021in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mental/Emotional Health, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

2021 February. Kelly Oakes. BBC - (news web article): "Is the Western way of raising kids weird?"Expectations for sleep, togetherness, bed time, independence are different in different cultures. The key to thinking outside the Western box might be to remember…

KF Media Release: Indigenous teen denied addiction treatment by government agencies and police

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 12, 2021February 12, 2021in Mature minor consent & Infants Act, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Parental consent & informed consent, Parents’ and Children’s Rights, Power imbalance between parents & state

KIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADAwww.KidsFirstCanada.org 604-291-0088 info@KidsFirstCanada.org Media release - 440 words Indigenous teen denied addiction treatment by government agencies and police Burnaby, BC - February 11, 2021 - A mother is pleading with BC government agencies and police…

2021 February – Video interview of BC mother battling government agencies and police who refuse to allow her to access health care for her minor son who is at extreme risk due to drug addiction.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 10, 2021in Mature minor consent & Infants Act, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Parental consent & informed consent, Power imbalance between parents & state

Feb 10, 2021. Mother and H. Ward. Youtube - (web video): "Interview with mother battling BC government agencies to get medical treatment for addicted teen" Kids First President Helen Ward has been assisting the family and personally witnessed the behaviour…

Canadian Daycare Research

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 14, 2020May 8, 2021in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Enrollment statistics, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Quality & staff-child ratios, Vacancy rates

The "You Bet I Care!" research was done for the federal government. There were 4 studies released in about 2000. They were done by top daycare lobbyists. The reports contain reliable evidence of:- high vacancy rates (study 1)- inadequate quality…

Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 16, 2020in Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Enrollment statistics, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Vacancy rates, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

KIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADA http://www.kidsfirstcanada.org info@kidsfirstcanada.org Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes Burnaby, BC - October 15, 2020 - BC’s political parties have missed the opportunity to earn votes…

Quebec Daycare System Hurts 72% of Families Financially

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 6, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Quebec

January 2000. Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP). (research paper published by Quebec economists) Robert Baril, Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan -"Quebec Family Policy: Impact and Options" QUOTE FROM SUMMARY: "It would be anticipated that a policy change of…

Response and Commentary on throne speech proposal for more funding to Non-Parental Child Care

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 26, 2020September 29, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Enrollment statistics, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

Commentary Sept 24. Helen Ward - (PDF): "Commentary on the speech from the throne" By Helen Ward (Below is an excerpt from the latest Speech from the Throne by the federal government under the LiberalParty of Canada with Prime Minister…

Daycare Lobby Pushes For More Money Using COVID Recovery as Pretext to Fund Doomed Industry

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 7, 2020July 8, 2020in COVID-19, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Daycare has always caused serious infection risks for children and their families according to the peer reviewed research. Now COVID-19 causes fear in parents and staff, dramatically reducing attendance as well as labour supply. Governments have established 'safety' protocols for…

CD Howe Institute Intelligence Memos – “Thoughts on forestalling the coming childcare crisis”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 24, 2020July 8, 2020in COVID-19, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

June 24, 2020 - CD Howe Institute Intelligence Memos - by Ken Boessenkool organizer with Liberal and Conservative parties and Jennifer Robson Carlton University professor and policy advisor - "Thoughts on forestalling the coming childcare crisis"https://www.cdhowe.org/intelligence-memos/boessenkool-robson-%E2%80%93-thoughts-forestalling-coming-childcare-crisis Or see PDF here…

“National child-care strategy will be a lynch pin of economic recovery”, says Martha Friendly

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 19, 2020July 8, 2020in COVID-19, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

June 19, 2020 - CBC radio The Sunday Edition - interview with a top daycare lobbyist - "National child-care strategy will be a lynch pin of economic recovery", says Martha Friendly: We don't know what the fall out will be…

Motherhood is a valuable, and undervalued, vocation

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 10, 2020May 23, 2020in Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

March 3, 2020. Suzana Kovacic. Vancouver Sun - letter the editor: "Motherhood is a valuable, and undervalued, vocation" by Kids First board member (scroll down to find letter) March 7, 2020. Vancouver Sun - letters to the editor: 2 supportive…