Is it not more efficent to allow an institution to babysit children rather than working parents? It's a matter of cost/benefits like anything else.
Maybe. But if what we want is an institution for babysitting, we ought to call it "babysitting", and have conversations about the institution of babysitting.
Instead we call what we do "education" and have conversations where we treat it like a magic spell that will transform children and society.
I would love it if I could hear a politician or columnist say "more investment in babysitting is always a good thing", or "babysitting is the key to solving our social problems".
Maybe. But if what we want is an institution for babysitting, we ought to call it "babysitting", and have conversations about the institution of babysitting.
Instead we call what we do "education" and have conversations where we treat it like a magic spell that will transform children and society.
I would love it if I could hear a politician or columnist say "more investment in babysitting is always a good thing", or "babysitting is the key to solving our social problems".