I recently became aware of these two reports:
How are Canadians REALLY doing? The 2016 Cdn Index of Well-being National Report
https://uwaterloo.ca/canadian-index-wellbeing/
Where Does Canada Stand? The Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being (2019 Baseline Report)
"One of the key ingredients in the recipe for a happy child is a happy parent. When parents do better, kids do better – and vice versa. And, as for the recipe for a happy parent, the key ingredient in that recipe is good public policy.
For some parents dealing with trauma and health challenges, child care and other community supports can help them be the parents they want to be. If we’re actually serious about producing a generation of children who are happier and healthier than their parents, we need public policies that help those children’s parents feel less anxious, less guilty and less overwhelmed. In order to make that happen, we need to shift from treating parenting as a problem that every family needs to solve on its own to choosing instead to embrace it as a collective opportunity to raise up the next generation of citizens together."
www.oneyouth.unicef.ca
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