Check out these links:

Society for Quality Education: opposes all-day Kindergarten, advocates for research-based education policy and parent choice

La Leche League Cananda
La Leche League International: Breast Feeding Support and Information

Life Media: Web and blog by Wendy Priesnitz, former head of Green Party of Canada, feminist home-based learning pioneer, and advocate for parent-child relationships

Advocates for Child Care Choice: An Ontario-based group in active partnership with Kids First

Care-less Stance: An article about the work of former Kids First President, Beverly Smith

Mothers Acting Up—USA: A group aiming to mobilize mothers to advocate on behalf of the world's children.

Moms for Milk: momsformilk@hotmail.com

Mothering Matters: mothersmatter@hotmail.com

Why Love Matters: Recommended for all politicians and parents, this new much-praised book by Sue Gerhardt explains the importance of love and attachment in the formation of the brain.

Dr. Gabor Mate: Mate is a doctor, author and speaker on addiction, attachment and the biology of the mind-body connection.

Dr. Gordon Neufeld: Neufeld is an acclaimed developmental psychologist, attachment theorist, presenter and the author of Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Matter.

Child care research publication list from the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. NOTE: This massive longitudinal study defines "child care" as non-maternal care over 10 hours/week (ie includes care by fathers, grandparents, nannies as well as daycare, preschool, etc.)

The Child Care Resource and Research Unit at the University of Toronto: The totally tax-funded ideological headquarters for the daycare lobby propaganda and data in Canada, headed by Martha Friendly. This is a very extensive website with huge online library.

Daycares Don't Care: A website with articles and info about daycare

The World Bank—daycare promotion: The World Bank is leading agent world wide of private corporate profit. It is often associated with forcing privatization of medical services and water in poorer countries. Most are not aware of its lead role in daycare lobbying. See also Early Child Development—A Priiority for Sustained Economic Growth & Equity

Family Index: A source of articles.

Institute of Marriage and the Family Canada

CANGRANDS: A national Internet support group for kinship families raising "other people’s children."

Betty Cornelius, President
R.R. 1, McArthurs Mills
Ontario, K0L 2M0, Canada
Telephone: (613) 474-0035