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PowerPoint slides accompanying presentation to the 2009 BC Home School Convention

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 10, 2009June 16, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

PowerPoint slides accompanying presentation to the 2009 BC Home School Convention: “From Paragons to Parasites: Mums Choosing to Lose Our Work-Life Balance”: (download PowerPoint)

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…

Employment Insurance—Parental & Maternity Leave: Does extended maternity/parental leave help families? (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 15, 2009June 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Employment Insurance, Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Recently, some in the daycare lobby have suggested expanding parental and maternity leave Employment Insurance, increasing the benefits paid and having father-only leave. See Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) report "15 by 15: A Comprehensive Policy for Early Human Capital…

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…

Parents should be paid to spend time with their children says top UK School Head

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 15, 2008June 1, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Policy with promise, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Parents should be paid to spend time with their children says top UK School Head (broken link)

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…

Is there a labour shortage and should mothers have to fill it?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 26, 2007July 7, 2020in Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

2007. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - info brief (PDF): "Is there a labour shortage and should mothers have to fill it?"

Daycare does not lower “child poverty” or increase mothers’ labour force participation

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 20, 2006July 7, 2020in Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Quebec, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Articles and Research by Kids First—Volume 4 (August 26 , 2005) Daycare does not lower "child poverty" or increase mothers' labour force participation By Helen Ward, President, Kids First Parent Association of Canada © Daycare is promoted as the key…

What is Feminism?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 26, 2006July 7, 2020in Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Pop-Culture Shocker: TV Cartoon Tackles Mums' Work Choices By Chella Turnbull. Received by e-mail June 29, 2006 I watched a very popular cartoon the other evening—it's called "The Family Guy"—quite bizarre and popular with guys especially. The male character got…

Read excerts from Patricia Morgan’s book, Family Policy, Family Changes—Sweden, Italy and Britain Compared:

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 26, 2006June 29, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Power imbalance between parents & state, Sweden, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Read excerpts from Patricia Morgan’s book, Family Policy, Family Changes—Sweden, Italy and Britain Compared: or try: Book City (toronto) June 2006. CH. 2 EXTRACT ON SWEDEN: "Sweden: Socialist Engineering in Family Policy" (PDF)June 2006. Ch. 5 EXTRACT: "Overview and Conclusions"…

Response to Dr. Hillel Goelman’s article “Time to get past child care myths”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 30, 2006July 7, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Quality & staff-child ratios, UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

[Dr. Goelman, daycare lobbyist, had an article in the Vancouver Sun, Monday April 24, 2006. This response was not published by the Sun.] Hillel Goelman and Clyde Hertzman run H.E.L.P. at UBC and are leading daycare promoters. Recently they attacked…

Some Dutch and US 2nd-wave feminists Condemn University Grad Mothers who Reduce their GDP-Sector Time (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 15, 2006July 7, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Some Dutch and US 2nd-wave feminists Condemn University Grad Mothers who Reduce their GDP-Sector Time: March 31, 2006. "Dutch Feminazis Want to Punish Educated Mothers": An article from The Brussels Journal by Alexandra ColenFebruary 22, 2006. "‘Mommy Wars’: To Work…