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 Who Cares For Our Kids?: The Changing Face of Day Care in Canada |
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Day care is now a fact of life for many Canadian families but for most of the past century it's been the subject of fierce debate. Turn-of-the-century day nurseries were considered little more than "child farms" by many, while politicians of the 1950s blamed juvenile delinquency on day cares and "crèches." More recently a debate has swirled around the merits of universal day care versus traditional parenting. CBC Archives looks at the changing face of day care, from its charitable beginnings more than a century ago to the ongoing fight for a federally funded system. |
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 A look at Canada's short-lived experiment with national day care during the Second World War. (TV; runs 3:53) |
 Traditional mothers weigh in on women in the workforce and the resulting need for day care. (TV; runs 8:25) |
 Noted author and activist June Callwood responds to political and social criticism of day care in a 1966 speech. (Radio; runs 4:04) |
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 A look at a cutting edge day-care centre operated by the Canadian Mothercraft Society in the 1970s. (TV; runs 6:10) |
 Renowned psychologist Penelope Leach explains why she thinks day care is harming children. (Radio; runs 6:14) |
 Peter Jordan takes a humorous look at life in a Winnipeg day care centre. (TV; runs 5:08) |
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 Barbara Frum moderates a panel of experts looking into the state of day care in 1984. (TV; runs 12:22) |
 A stay-at-home mother debates the ethics of putting your child in day care with two working women. (Radio; runs 14:50) |
 After years of hard work and false starts, advocates of universal day care are dealt a sudden blow. (Radio; runs 6:21) |
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 How hard times have forced some farming communities to explore unique day care options. (TV; runs 8:05) |
 Quebec becomes the first province in Canada to introduce a universal government subsidized day care system. (TV; runs 2:47) |
 An international study deems Canada's day care system "a money-wasting patchwork of programs." (Radio; runs 3:03) |
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