We know that, for every dollar spent on early childhood, $7—and now we're talking more about $8 or $9—has to be spent to have the same outcome later on, at the primary or secondary level. In addition, it has to be understood that the reality of today's society is that both parents work. We can't do otherwise. I would like it if there was still one parent at home to take care of and bring up young children, but that's not the case.
So it seems to me that denying this social reality is tantamount to preaching against virtue.