Once upon a time, children were brought up by their parents.

There was school.

Then came before and after school, and then vacation holiday care.

Now, there is before-school care and a plethora of early learning centres where children’s development is in the hands of others.

Next will be weekend care, followed by overnight, then 24/7 care.

This begs the question – why do parents have children when they become separated for huge and growing slabs of time after the child/baby reaches six weeks of age?