My aunt runs a very well regarded (and fully licensed, insured, etc) childcare business out of a building she inherited and it's a subsistence living. Complyin

My aunt runs a very well regarded (and fully licensed, insured, etc) childcare business out of a building she inherited and it's a subsistence living. Complying with regulations, dietary restrictions, allergies, little special requests that all seem reasonable in isolation, replacing supplies, etc, etc. It's basically the opposite of a software business, it doesn't scale. She could do better for herself by raising rates (she has parents coming to reserve spots pre-conception), but she can't bear the idea of pricing out hard working people. There are some things that probably don't work as businesses, even with subsidies, and if we want another generation of kids we probably have to think outside the market box. We have free school for older kids, and maybe we could just extend public schools to age zero, but what about subsidizing new parents to stay at home and actually bond as a family? Or cooperatives of parents to take care of each other's kids on a shift basis? It would be cool to see this kind of creative thinking.