Somehow along the way, some parents decided school is supposed to be daycare for their children. Schools must start early enough so parents can get to work on time, and if that isn't enough, they have to provide care as early as 6:00 am and then kids can't go home at the end of the day. Schools have to also provide care until 6:00 pm. Some parents see their kids literally an hour for dinner and bath and then off to bed again. They are basically being raised by an institution with visiting hours with the parents and family. It's quite strange. It's gone from 'school being a tool to help parents educate their kids' to surrogate parenting institution.
A mother who works about 70 hours a week received a school calendar listing all the holidays, early releases, and teacher planning days. Curious, she used ChatGPT to organize every day her kids would be off from school during the year. When she saw the full list, she was shocked… pic.twitter.com/ztHTrWCilL
— Dr.L (@DrAlmarielao) March 7, 2026
This is why work from home needs to be the standard, it really helps parents out. https://t.co/NlhsVChwbi
— Youtube: Kaithesoothsayer (@honeybfly1980) March 7, 2026
That's a good option. Parents need to think about tailoring their lives to best care for their children. School should be seen as a place you can send your child to supplement their education. Parents need to see themselves as ultimately responsible for the care, well being, and education of their kids.
Better question. How do we return to a world where at least one parent can stay home to raise their children? Having two full time working parents in a family should be a choice, not a requirement for survival.
— MeriMDH 🇺🇸📚 (@mermdodson) March 7, 2026
Or, families need to return to living in multi-generational living circumstances where grandparents help take care of grandkids and conversely, the grandparents are cared for one day when they need it. That is the way family was intended to work. Grandparents running off to Florida and Arizona to party with other retirees whilst seeing their family twice a year is a uniquely American concept and has had disastrous consequences.
The state isn't responsible for taking care of your children. Also school isn't day care, it's school.
— J Gleez (@bigjgleez) March 7, 2026
School isn’t day care. AND the number of instructional hours required is typically dictated by the state.
— Jo Palmer (@1776FanGirl) March 7, 2026
The scheduled days off are absolutely ridiculous and create hardship. Add in the days off for bad weather and the hardship becomes a catastrophe. The entire school model has to be redesigned.
— Sam (@fallmysteries) March 7, 2026
This is an example of a person who will say they want the state to stay out of their business, but on other hand, thinks the state should make arrangements for the daily care of their children. Make it make sense.
Admitting school is nothing but a daycare. Priceless.
— 🌟 American Gidget 🇺🇸 🌟 (@AmericanGidget) March 7, 2026
People need to stop depending on the govt to be your babysitter. The school is not a daycare plan. It’s not healthy for your kids, mentally, intellectually, emotionally or physically.
— QueenEmyB (@QueenEmyB1) March 7, 2026
No one should have their kid in the cesspit that is public schools.
If parents use the public school system as a facet of their kid's education, it needs to be that and no more. Children should not be housed in a school building for 12 hours per day. Parents and the family should be the greatest intellectual, spiritual and emotional force in a child's life. It's time to rearrange our priorities.
