100% agree. "Tax credits", cash payments, and the like are all wrong imo. Free public education (aka free daycare) got us to where we are. Let's extend this and

100% agree. "Tax credits", cash payments, and the like are all wrong imo. Free public education (aka free daycare) got us to where we are. Let's extend this and make free public education go as low as 6mo old or even include newborn care (might as well). Universal health care would also be a huge boon, the costs of providing health care are quite high. In the past our society seemed a lot more inclined to share and pool resources to raise the next generation... now it feels like society will only do the bare minimum to prevent kids from dying, but other than that isn't eager to take on a communal parenting role, instead forcing the entire burden on parents.