Right - I'm a parent, and I have kids in daycare, and it's not at all like "a screaming toddler boarding a plane ... times a dozen, eight hours a day, every day

Right - I'm a parent, and I have kids in daycare, and it's not at all like "a screaming toddler boarding a plane ... times a dozen, eight hours a day, every day". There are moments like that, just like there are moments of incredible frustration in any job, but it's not 24/7. Kids, more often than not, do a very good job of reasonably listening to their caregivers. It's when they get home and are in their safe space around their parents that they feel more free to act like little hellions, for lack of a better phrase (and I sure love my little hellions, lol). That's not an absolute, sure, but it's a lot more representative of the reality of daycares than "it's constantly screaming toddlers boarding planes".