Who is suppose to be caring for the child while the mother (or father) is attending school or training? I did the school thing, 2 1/2 years...and earned 4 certificates. I still had to put the kids in day care.
Some people make me feel like I am a monster, because I have to work to provide for my kids and that means I have to put them in day care!
I wasn't speaking to the DAY care issue so much as I was to the Welfare issue. Day Care is a necessary issue for some...but when children are 0 to 4 years of age, perhaps a little more slack should be given for single moms until her children are kindergarten age if the Mom just wants to stay home with the kids!
I don't think you need to feel guilty about that --- and that's different than being wealthy enough to have a live-in nanny and a camera set up to watch your kid grow but still having no time to care for the child. A day care setting is better in that in most of them, the workers are legal, and have background checks done on them, and usually are not alone 9 hours with the children to do what they wish to them.