Houston, We Have a Problem...

There is something seriously wrong when mothers are forced to leave their babies at daycare to go to work, and the job they will be doing requires less skill (and is way less important to the heath of our society) than taking care of a baby. Leaving your baby to do something productive I can understand- there are days it appeals to me- You are going to school to better yourself, you are a doctor or a teacher or a nurse and your job helps people and contributes good things to society, or maybe you are even a lowly government worker, but you believe that you make a difference in the functioning of society by trying to bring integrity and intelligence to government (that would be me)-- I can understand choosing to put your kid in daycare to work these jobs, especially if you need the money. But for a job like fry cook or dog walker, which have little societal value (This is my blog, so I get to have that opinion and publish it) I cannot understand WHY that is acceptable just so we can check off a box on a form that so-and-so has fulfilled their welfare-to-work requirement. And lets not get started discussing how it is actually costing the government MORE to pay the for the daycare AND the welfare benefits than it would cost to just pay the welfare benefits and let the woman take care of her own baby! Mr. Obama, can we fix this?