A Century Of Children

IDEAS:   A Century of Children 1 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2002 A century ago Canada's children faced high mortality rates, miserable child labour, and poverty. Members of The Canadian Families Project describe the lives of those children and their parents before the days of publicly-funded child support systems. And they warn of a return to what one participant calls "a privatized notion of family." That's tonight on Ideas at 9:05 (9:35 NT) on CBC Radio One. (Tonight on Ideas...Part One CONCLUDES TOMORROW) 2 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2002 Tonight on Ideas...the conclusion of A Century of Children. A century ago Canada's children faced high mortality rates, miserable child labour, and poverty. Members of The Canadian Families Project describe the lives of those children and their parents before the days of publicly-funded child support systems. And they warn of a return to what one participant calls "a privatized notion of family." That's tonight on Ideas at 9:05 (9:35 NT) on CBC Radio One.

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