260-C4 - Access to Daycare and Early Childhood Education

Question 1

Childcare

Answer 1

idk this should be straightforward?

Question 2

“Concerned cultivation”

Answer 2

helping kids get into the best education, care

Question 3

What does it mean when we say that childcare in Canada is market-determined?

Answer 3

providers sell childcare to parents and guardians just like any other goods/services

Question 4

Regulated childcare and Unregulated childcare

Answer 4

Childcare that is officially recognized by local municipalities and adhere to a set of regulations. Unregulated is just. not this.

Question 5

subsidy

Answer 5

economic/structural provisions provided under certain conditions (e.g. special needs care)

Question 6

Jordan’s Principle

Answer 6

gives basic human rights and care for Indigenous people

Question 7

two problem with subsidies and childcare

Answer 7

1. many families who need subsidies don’t get them
2. even with subsidies, childcare is still expensive

Question 8

Sense of Agency

Answer 8

A person’s feeling of confident independence

Question 9

What 3 things do children need?

Answer 9

1. a sense of agency
2. a supportive environment
3. good-quality childcare

Question 10

Lone parents

Answer 10

being the sole care provider for your child(ren)

Question 11

“Parenting Penalty” (what is it and which populations are most affected by it?)

Answer 11

the expectation (mostly imposed on women, especially those from lower-paid classes) that childcare is their responsibility

Question 12

What is the social good that comes from good childcare?

Answer 12

Healthy, well-adjusted children –> healthy, well-adjusted adults –> societal benefits from adults’ work

Question 13

What are the two economic goods that comes from good childcare?

Answer 13

1. Good childcare centers speeds up the “velocity” of money (money changing hands) –> creates more taxable income and more tax funds
2. the development of a knowledge economy

Question 14

knowledge economy

Answer 14

how much knowledge a certain country has

Question 15

What are the four strategies to help women combine paid work and care?

Answer 15

1. carer strategy (part-time employment)
2. earner strategy (policies against gender discrimination)
3. choice strategy (women are given many opportunities to provide care or full-time emplyoment)
4. earner-carer strategy (unpaid care work and paid work are equally shared on a domestic level)

Question 16

Carer Strategy

Answer 16

Part-time employment, plus assistance, is considered the best way for women to combine employment and care

Question 17

Earner Strategy

Answer 17

Men and women are equally encouraged to participate in the labour market through policies against gender discrimination

Question 18

Choice Strategy

Answer 18

Women are given many opportunities to choose whether to provide care or engage in full-time employment

Question 19

Earner-Carer Strategy

Answer 19

Unpaid care work and paid work are equally shared between men and women

Question 20

Flextime

Answer 20

working the same numbers of hours, but having some freedom to decide when to work these hours (more flexible to a childcare schedule)