Why do parents think schools are daycares?

MrNurse(x2), ADN · Dec 13, 2016

The two viewpoints (guy in article, and nurses here) are coming from such different starting logic, no wonder there is a disagreement.
I think both would agree that a primary function of the school system is to educate children, but....
Guy in article seems to feel that another primary function of the school system is to provide supervision for kids during the parent's workday.
Seems like most commenters here wouldn't agree on that being one of the designated functions of the school day.

Going to go into a sociology viewpoint with some opinion for entertainment, but I think we, as a society, have lost our value of REARING children. I am talking about molding and educating them in the family setting. The '80's were the pivotal point where dual incomes become the epitome of the American Dream, and cost of living soon followed those higher per capita incomes. Stay at home moms are a luxury few could afford by the mid 90's, thus increasing the pressure on education to not only educate, but be custodians of the children. Before/after care programs became a thing to accommodate the working parents. As I pointed out earlier, this writer is probably in the top 5% of income earners in the country, the need for a dual income family is a choice more than necessity. Society has come to value the $ more than the child, and abdicated the responsibility of rearing children to the state. I personally have given up tens of thousands so my children will have as close to a stay at home experience because we value that. Maybe the biggest blessing of the crash of '09 was the realization that happiness isn't what we have. Many families realized what SAH parents can bring to family harmony and have readjusted their lifestyles.