So, I'm a Luddite. And proud of it.
I agree with you. The problem is that mothers must work and unlike the days when I was a lass, families live miles apart or they are dysfunctional. In my day my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins all lived in the same neighborhood, so any of them could babysit if necessary. If worse came to worse, we also had neighbors with children around my age whom my parents knew and trusted. Today I wouldn’t trust my neighbors.
I don’t know what the answer is.