Contrasting my kids' experience with an au pair and daycare, I think the daycare model of a few adults watching a gaggle of kids playing with each other is more

Contrasting my kids' experience with an au pair and daycare, I think the daycare model of a few adults watching a gaggle of kids playing with each other is more "natural" than one kid alone in a nuclear household mostly interacting with adults and arranged "playdates" with other kids.