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Originally Posted by Ab
isn't that the basis of National's last few years of welfare policy?
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Policy maybe. In practice, I don't think so.
They canned the most cost-effective approach: accessibly early childhood centres sufficiently funded for at least one masters level trained child specialist. There are countless positive flow-on effects to this, and they reinforce over subsequent generations. Although I guess we have to be satisfied with the 3-9 years Labour & co get every 9 or so years.
And CYF is jacked up. It's a vulnerable organisation charged with protecting our most vulnerable. You can't dick around with it to satisfy policy. Traumatised families and budget & policy demands are pretty much impossible things to juggle. A fucking nightmare.