The Root Causes of Addiction—love, babies and neuroscience: Listen to a CBC radio interview with doctor, author and columnist, Dr. Gabor Mate, currently working with adults with drug addictions on Vancouver's downtown eastside. He links daycare use and lack of parental nurturing with addiction. He says "parents should be given every support to stay at home with their kids as long as possible." Go to April 11,2008. Click on the "PORTLAND HOTEL CONTINUED" audio link (the other link is to interviews with his patient/addicts and nurse). The especially relevant bits start at 9:40 minutes and 11 minutes. See the TVO debate on daycare and full-day kindergarten for 4 and 5 year olds. Charles Pascal, the Ontario advisor on full-day schooling for tots, and daycare economist Gordon Cleveland win our BEER AND POPCORN AWARD for contemptuous attitudes towards parents and our DAYCARE DISINFORMATION AWARD for misleading information. Click on the Dec 5 episode. March 26, 2007: Kids First's Helen Ward is interviewed on the CBC radio show "The Current" (scroll down and click "Listen to The Current: Part 1"). World Bank corporate right backing daycare: Royal Bank of Canada Vice President Charlie Coffey speaks of the "business imperative" in "Early Child Development," which in practice means daycare. Video Speech text Carolyn Bennett, Toronto MP and candidate for Liberal leadership, said it's good the government is building more prisons because we'll need them since they are canceling the daycare deals. For more information see: ProudToBeCanadian Blog, and click "Liberals endorse Conservative Jail-Building Plan." Mike Duffy gives Ms Bennett a chance to explain herself. She says it's "early learning" that is needed. See http://www.ctv.ca/canada Go to "Mike Duffy Live" and click the Bennett link. Neuroscience and child development article, "Wild Young Brains" about maternal vs peer-raised young (Video and article) American "feminist" slams mothers with degrees who look after their own kids (Video and article) Sweden has long emphasized "gender equity"—even the daycare curriculum specifies this. However, rising domestic violence against women in Sweden may indicate that this policy is unsuccessful. The link is to CBC radio show "The Current". (Audio) CBC archives: daycare issues over the decades (Audio and video) Debate: Daycare, mothers, jobs on CBC radio "The Current," April 20, 2006—interviews on daycare issues. Professor and daycare-lobbyist Donna Lero falsely claims that "70% of mothers have full-time jobs." (Kids First President Helen Ward was not interviewed despite the fact that Kids First was the only organization mentioned by the PM two days earlier in promoting the new policy. CBC chose to interview REAL Women, again stereotyping this as a so-called "social conservative" issue). (Audio) PM announces new Child Care Allowance in Burnaby, BC. April 18, 2006. CTV video CBC video	Search this Site Current Issues and Action Policy by Kids First Related Links Fund the Child Movement Book List: Recommended Reading Audio/Video Files How You Can Help Join/Donate/Subscribe Contact Us Home
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