In ancient times (any time before the last decade) the only battles being fought over childcare were whether it was a one-way ticket to therapy as an adult; yet now childcare is the new frontier in the culture wars.
Each time the government has waved the magic regulatory wand over childcare, the closer we have moved towards a world where it is government—not families—who get to determine what sort of adults our children will become.
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Trisha Jha is a Policy Analyst at The Centre for Independent Studies.
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