Picking up on your question, in terms of the fact that it's not just child care, it optimally is early childhood development, which is so critical to success for children later on in their careers. If you examine the wages that are paid to these workers, you'll agree that you are not going to attract people with minimum wages who are capable of developing and delivering adequate early childhood development programs. I think parents are always looking for the very best care for their children. When you leave your child in someone else's hands, you hope for the best, and the wages being paid to many of the child care workers are just not adequate.
On May 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.