The reader who spoke up in defence of parents had many valid points. Yes, in an ideal world parents and daycare providers would openly discuss all issues surrounding children and work out an amicable agreement in the child's best interests. Furthermore, workers would identify any personal problems in parents' lives and offer a helping hand to enable parents to overcome such problems, again upholding the child's best interests. Then everyone would sit down to tea and scones.
However, for those of us who don't actually live our lives between the covers of a childcare manual, sometimes things are a little bit more complicated.
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