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"apparently we are talking about two entirely different things."

My post was regarding the trend of "parents" who willingly decide to allow their children to be raised by virtual strangers in what Americans affectionately call "daycare centers"...institutions which I chose to call "kiddie kennels."

I believe that history and research has shown that my choice of "handles" for these businesses is far more close to reality.

Many parents want desperately to believe that their choice to put their children in daycare...call it what you like...is a positive and loving choice. They want to believe this because their true priorities are (not in all cases, but in many) a nicer home, two or three cars, luxurious vacations, and the like, rather than the responsible and dedicated rearing of their own children.
Nobody wants to believe that they're intentionally making a bad choice for their child, so many parents go through all sort of mental gyrations in an attempt to rationalize the choice of having their children raised, for a majority of those children's waking hours, by people whom these "parents" typically know little, if anything at all.

I strongly suspect that the vast majority of people who put their children in daycare centers don't even know the last name of the person who is providing the majority of their child's daily "care."