Do you think sending your child to a daycare makes you a bad parent?

Question

I've heard a social commentator say that 2000-3000 thousand years ago children were raised by "communities" since everyone had to live closer together.

Answer 1

no, it doesn't.  We as parents have a responsibility to do what we have to do to make a good life for our child.  Nowadays that means working to survive.  And, despite the news of the bad ones, there are good daycare providers out there.

Answer 2

in todays world you never know about the people in your community so i would think daycare is better than that or leaving your child alone.

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

2000-3000 years ago the "communities" were smaller and there were WAY fewer kids than in todays daycares...

the communities were made up of the parents..

today daycare is being used by people to dump their kids so they can go out and make more money to buy things they dont really need (but think they do)

studies have shown that kids raised in day cares have 50% higher divorce rates.. probably due to lack of "bonding" or lack of "Commitment"

studies have also shown that most teenage pregnacies and drug use occur in homes where both parents work (no body is home when kids are done school)

if you cannot afford to stay home with your kid until it is  5 years, or are not willing to give up some social status symbols and cut back expenses to do so.. you simply shouldnt be having kids..

its not like the world NEEDS more people..

EDIT - I want to add.. that my husband and I have MINIMUM wage jobs, when my daughter was born, we saved money BEFORE we had a kid (yes even on min wage you can save money) so that one of us could stay home with her.. we both worked after she was born but in a way that one of us was always home...

when she was 5 my husband died.. I found a job that I worked at when she was at school.. i quit that job 2 years later when they expanded and wanted me to work nights..

put the kids first.. or dont have them