Generally in economics, if there is a waitlist, then the business is not charging enough. Hence a failure. The reasons for this failure are discussed by other

Generally in economics, if there is a waitlist, then the business is not charging enough. Hence a failure. The reasons for this failure are discussed by other people here. One thing to keep in mind is that this is almost exclusively a US problem. Nearly all other countries have significantly more time off for infant care. And as infant care is the most expensive part of daycare most other countries don't have such issues (toddlers subsidize infants in most daycares)