As the business world progresses, more and more families have working mothers and fathers. Work days are longer than school days, so the children must parent themselves. Older children may be able to care for themselves, but younger children and those not yet in school are off to day-care. The family structure needed for a young child simply isn¹t present. America¹s family life is plummeting because children are growing up in day-cares.
             While it is true that children learn people skills at day-cares, they don¹t receive a loving family feeling. Children at young ages need a family love that deals with their needs. Pre-preschool years are critical. Children learn at this time communicating skills, not through playing with other children, but through loving communication with their families.
             It is true that many parents don¹t have the money to stay home and watch the kids. Day-cares, however, are not the only option. Many people watch children at home as a job. The clustered, rushed environment of day-cares in no way compares with the environment of these home-sitters. This environment is more like a home and the child shares more of a one-on-one relationship with their sitter, feeling a sense of love and belonging.
             While many day-cares do try to give a sense of love to the children, it is practically and logically impossible for day-care workers to give each child a parent-child love. Not only do the children outnumber the workers, but many children also don¹t connect in strange environments. Children need the love of parents that day-cares are unable to provide because of the plethora of children.
             Although not all day-care workers are as evil as Medea, many day-care workers abuse and neglect the children. Running wild, screaming, crying, and whining, the children fly around and many times the workers are rough with them. Whether this cruelty be out of a cruel nature or frustration, workers abuse or co...