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Oh yes yes of course... I was SHOCKED that women actually give up their babies after only six months!!!! This means so much on so many levels. Some women have no choice, but do they really? I mean you had the baby, now government through DSS encourages dumping little babies in daycare mills. My aunt runs a little day care, but thank goodness she's actually good. I wonder about some of these day care places though.

And if mother's would not be brainwashed into thinking that institutionaized daycare is as good as mothering, only the women who really needed it would have children in daycare. When I watched kids, I watched them like a mom. When you stick 2 year olds in a 6 to 1 ratio with an adult, that is impossible.

women actually give up their babies after only six months

You mean six weeks, in many cases.

Some women have no choice, but do they really?

A good question. I hesitate to say "no choice" about just about any situation. More accurate might be "seemed like the best choice among non-very-good options."

Daycare doesn't have to be a disaster. My oldest son went to daycare at 6 weeks (I was putting my husband through college), at a church near my office. They had four babies, and two grandmothers taking care of them. He was happy - smiling when I dropped him off, and still smiling when I picked him up.

We did get behavior problems with our oldest daughter (4 when the Dad finally graduated) because of the large-group situation. I honestly don't think the school could have done any better; a mob of 3-year-olds together 12 hours a day is just not a good idea.