Mothers, women’s equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

The mother of all paradoxes: November 2009 Article in Prospect Magazine (UK) (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 18, 2009June 16, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Employment Insurance, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

"The mother of all paradoxes. Stronger maternity rights can help mothers, but they will hurt employers and women in general." London School of Economics Senior Research Fellow, Dr Catherine Hakim, argues against expanded maternity/parental leave (EI) saying it does not…

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…

Parent-Child Attachment Now a Political Issue in Britain. New Report from ex-leader of Conservatives says government should stop pressuring parents to use daycare centres

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 8, 2008May 30, 2020in Attachment, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Children's Well-Being, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Policy with promise

Parent-Child Attachment Now a Political Issue in Britain. New Report from ex-leader of Conservatives says government should stop pressuring parents to use daycare centres London Times Online editorial by report sponsor, former Conservative Party Leader, Iain Duncan Smith: “Think tank:…

A brilliant answer to those 2nd-wave feminists who oppose who hate mums who look after their own children—Atlantic Monthly article: “I Choose My Choice”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 15, 2008June 16, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

A brilliant answer to those 2nd-wave feminists who oppose who hate mums who look after their own children. July 2008. Atlantic Monthly - web article: "I Choose My Choice" See also these Kids First news updates: Second wave feminist, Erica Jong,…

Background to All-Day Kindergarten: The “Integration” Agenda to Merge Daycare and School

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 5, 2008June 1, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Policy with promise, Power imbalance between parents & state, Privacy, data collection, Popdata BC, Quality & staff-child ratios, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Analysis by Kids First of the “Blueprint Paper” for Child & Family Policy by the OECD, UNESCO and World Bank. Quotes from, links to, and Kids First commentary on the key ideological strategy document behind daycare and all-day kindergarten: STATED…

Corporate Welfare: Labour Force expansion policies: The OECD and the World Bank seek a larger, globalized, more “flexible” Labour Force

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 10, 2008June 17, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Corporate Welfare: Labour Force expansion policies (cat link): The OECD and the World Bank seek a larger, globalized, more “flexible” Labour Force. Importing low-wage labour means higher profits through lower wages. This Guardian article describes the situation in Europe. “Putting…

HELP spokesman Paul Kershaw seeks neo-liberal state coersion of parents’ child rearing decisions.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 5, 2008June 1, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Welfare reform, workfare, McJobs, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

HELP spokesman Paul Kershaw seeks neo-liberal state coersion of parents’ child rearing decisions. Read excerpts from chapter 10, “Carefair: Gendering Citizenship ‘Neo-Liberal’ Style (google books),” by Paul Kershaw, leading spokesperson at Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) and leading child/family policy…

Watch your language! A word on words: "work", "stay-at-home mum", "single-earner

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 1, 2008June 15, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Policy with promise, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

In the income-splitting and child-care debates, it is important not to devalue the work parents—especially women—do looking after our own children or any other form of unpaid, uncommodified work. The daycare lobby devalues this work already—we do not need to…

Working Mothers: Most mothers are not at full-time paid jobs

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 20, 2007June 17, 2020in Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

WORKING MOTHERS Most mothers are not at full-time paid jobs. Only about 6%—not 70% as we are told—of mothers of children under 3 are at full time jobs.These graphs (download PDF here) present a breakdown of mothers’ labour force participation…

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 -…