Widespread use of child care is a symptom of a society in a terminal stage. It's necessary when both parents need to work (or the rate of cohabiting parents ha

Widespread use of child care is a symptom of a society in a terminal stage. It's necessary when both parents need to work (or the rate of cohabiting parents has collapsed leading to single parents, ie moms) The teacher student ratio must be small to get half decent care. The care must be affordable so that it is less expensive than the least economically remunerated parent. The ratio * tuition puts a ceiling on the teacher pay. Pay sucks so the quality of care providers is, for most kids, low (there are boutique facilities with long waiting lists, of course). Parents have more pressure not to have kids (myself, all my kids care tuitions costs us >$50k/year for three kids). This leads to a collapse in natality rates. What's the solution? I don't know.