On point #2, as a relatively new parent of only 2 years, I've both gotten a new appreciation of parents as well as understanding of why some families are at a d

On point #2, as a relatively new parent of only 2 years, I've both gotten a new appreciation of parents as well as understanding of why some families are at a disadvantage. To be quite honest, even as a software engineer who works from home and is not currently overworking (haven't been overworking ever since I became a parent), there's still a lot to do to care for a child. That is to say, I work just 8 hours a day, with zero time wasted on commute, and even during work hours I get a lot of opportunities to help out my spouse with cleaning up the child, putting away dishes and toys, cooking, etc. I can't even begin to imagine what life is like for parents who both work 12+ hours a day just to put food on the table and pay rent, which is the case for a lot of low income children. Is it any wonder that the parental component of these families is mostly missing (through no fault of their own)? In this sense, I feel like the problem is even bigger than schools/education. It's that, plus the fact that parents are working way over time just to make ends meet.