Idolising Children?

The Brack’s government in Victoria are having a stab at influencing national early childhood policy.

My concern: the title deviates from Victoria’s usually holistic stance.

“QUALITY TIME -REGULATING FOR QUALITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE IN VICTORIA”

The focus on education is a concern. Where has the word “development” gone?

Also, the whole idea of “quality time” has been rpoven to be bunkem…it is a play on words, but looks like this document is about reinforcing the old ideas, rather than exploring new ones. At a glance, it looks like it has some good stuff in it, but again refuses to consider systematic change.

Paul Austin at The Age writes about it here.

The 50-page policy document can be found here.