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A Mother's place is in the home
by Lydia Lovric, The Hamilton Spectator, 30-Mar-02 |
Dorothy, the sweet Kansas farm-girl (Wizard
of Oz, Frank Baum) with the ruby red shoes, said it best: "There's no
place like home."
Years later, studies on day care for children seem to confirm what Dorothy
knew so long ago.
Daycare is simply no substitute for quality maternal or paternal care.
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Quality |
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A Mother's place is in the home
by Lydia Lovric, The Hamilton Spectator, 30-Mar-02 |
Child-care tax credits are only
available to those families that use day care or nannies," explains (Andrea)
Riley (an Etobicoke mother of two). "Parents who opt to stay home to raise
their children as a form of child care should also be entitled."
Stay-at-home moms are also penalized when it comes to the Canada Pension
Plan and RRSP* contributions.
*RRSP =
Registered Retirement Savings Plan
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Economics, Politics |
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A Mother's place is in the home
by Lydia Lovric, The Hamilton Spectator, 30-Mar-02 |
Hermina Dykxhoorn, president of the
Alberta Federation of Women United for Families, believes the government has
to "change the tax system so one parent can stay home."
She isn't surprised by studies that indicate children are better off at
home, rather than in institutionalized day-care centres. Dykxhoorn hopes
such studies will "put to rest the clamour for universal public day care --
funding something bad for kids."
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Politics, Quality |
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Who's Minding Day Care? by
Ruth Schubert and Heath Foster, The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer,
24-Jun-02 |
Because of (high demand, states are) reluctant to
close down a problem day care.
...(States require) providers to inform parents of only the most serious
actions, such as placing a facility on a probationary license -- and day
cares haven't always met even that requirement. Day cares investigated for
abuse, neglect or serious licensing violations are under no legal obligation
to inform parents, even if the allegations are found to be true.
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Regulations |
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Who's Minding Day Care? by
Ruth Schubert and Heath Foster, The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer,
24-Jun-02 |
A (well-)founded abuse or neglect incident is
grounds for immediately shutting down a center. In such cases, however, the
state sometimes grants waivers that allow violators to continue operating
under probationary licenses.
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Regulations |
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Who's Minding Day Care? by
Ruth Schubert and Heath Foster, The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer,
24-Jun-02 |
A (well-)founded abuse or neglect incident is
grounds for immediately shutting down a center. In such cases, however, the
state sometimes grants waivers that allow violators to continue operating
under probationary licenses.
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Regulations |
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Who's Minding Day Care? by
Ruth Schubert and Heath Foster, The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer,
24-Jun-02 |
Inspection backlogs, insufficient staffing and
the risk of legal battles are some of the key reasons for sluggish
enforcement nationwide, said Suzanne Helburn, a retired economics professor
at the University of Colorado-Denver...
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Regulations |
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Who's Minding Day Care? by
Ruth Schubert and Heath Foster, The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer,
24-Jun-02 |
Child-care experts say penalties short of
revocation are crucial because...states don't want to put day cares out of
business...
In addition to waivers for abuse and neglect incidents, probationary
licenses are granted to child-care centers with chronic problems that aren't
corrected after months or even years of warnings.
...Licensing officials say they use fines sparingly in part because they
don't want to slam day cares that are struggling financially.
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Regulations |
