What Daycares Can Never Do

John Bowlby, a British psychoanalyst, and the father of attachment theory, emphasized the significance of our first bond with the mother (or substitute) in an historic study in Attachment and Loss.[2] Attachment is essential in developing trust and empathy and is the root for establishing meaningful relationships with others. It is a necessary prerequisite to a successful learner and is learned within a safe, secure and stable home with a consistent caregiver.
The recent explosion in neuroscience research can now show that these developmental changes are neurologically and biologically based. For example, The Canadian Institute of Child Health in Ottawa reports that the brain at birth is highly underdeveloped. While billions of cells are built into the physical structure, the "wiring" between them will be laid out by environmental stimulation. This triggers a cascade of biochemicals that affects everything from emotions to movement to memory and learning. Simple interactions like a mother’s touch triggers the neurons to grow and connect into complex systems, and with repetition, become well defined. This wiring will become the foundation for functioning as it shapes the neural architecture that will be indelibly coded for life. [3]
These findings are extremely significant, not only in developing healthy children prepared to learn in school, but in preventing the growing social problems in children and youth. For example, a trend in the violent crime rate among young people in Canada shows an increase of 12% in 10 years, and 30% since 1991, with homicides in 2006 reaching their highest point since data was first collected in 1961. [4]
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The Family Coalition Party is the only provincial political party which has coherent principles and policies which support the family. Present taxation laws discriminate against families who would prefer to have one spouse work only part time, or remain home full time to care and nurture the children. The FCP would provide the following changes in taxation law:

• Transferable Child Care Tax Credit –The provincial daycare tax credit suggests to families that the only option for child care after a maternity/paternity leave is for both parents to return to work and place your child in daycare. The FCP advocates for choice in Child Care – in the home with a stay-at-home parent, with a family member, or daycare – through a transferable child care credit that follows the child. This approach recognizes the value of each alternative, and encourages the family to make the best choice for the family.

• Income Splitting – The FCP would provide for a tax plan that allows legally married couples to income split on taxes, saving families money, and allowing more for young families the opportunity to have one parent remain home to raise and nurture their children.