nment should also increase the amount of public money invested in young people. We spend very little money on our children : a mere 4.8 percent of the federal budget goes to programs that support families with young children - compared with the 22.9 percent for the elders (Hewitt 239). Its time to fix the balance between the young and the old. Education and child care should be our two main targets for the future. Our legal and regulatory systems should be restricted so that the rules of the game are more protective of the interests of the children (Hewitt 240). In the areas of marriage and divorce, the government should establish a more effective set of rewards and penalties to create a motivation for parents to stay together, or at least in the occasion of a breakdown that the child isnt #abandoned or deprived. Ultimately the government should try to assign more power to families, rather than to substitute them. Children cannot live alone and do not thrive in institutions; there is no substitute for the parent(s) and the home (Hewitt 241). Therefore to help the parents prosper so they can in turn aid their children. A program that maintains free admission to prenatal and maternity care shows a new phase in commitment to children. At the same time, it makes a large investment in our present and future children. The quality of the Educational experiences which Canadian society provides for children is a reflection of the values, attitudes and beliefs of that society (Canadian Council 103). The necessity of a proper education for all children regardless of any condition or situation is crucial. Under present circumstances, social welfare and legal systems that are adult-oriented rather than child-centered are better designed to weigh the opinions and circumstances of the adults involved than to determine the childs actual needs and desires (Canadian Council 155).There are few efforts made by the government to pr...
