"The village", i.e. "the state" can do a better job of raising kids from infancy, it will be all for the "good of the children". (/sarcasm)
Welcome to full communism, that they didn't even achieve in the Soviet Union.
The reason the lawmakers hands have been tied by the initiative process is that the legislature is paralyzed by inaction. They debate crap like drivers' licenses for illegal aliens and gay marriage.
When the people (or the special interests) want anything done, they go to the initiative process due to the failure of the legislature to take substantive action on anything.