i mean, i guess you can look at it two ways.

- is this designed to help mothers enter the workforce?
- is this designed to help kids achieve their full potential?

while both things are important, i'm kind of more interested in the latter. and, i guess the plan that was announced was more focused on the former.

i just don't know why you'd do this without focusing on the former though - it's kind of missing the broader point, in just focusing on the moms.

i liked the martin/dryden plan a lot, which would have ensured that we're not merely leaving kids with babysitters, but leaving them with licensed learning professionals that can help put them on the right path at an early age. studies are crystal clear that kids that go to pre-school are better positioned to learn as they advance through life.

if that is actually what is being proposed, wynne should announce it. i'm not directly affected by socialized babysitting; i wouldn't vote for or against it. but, the pre-school component is a broader social engineering change that i'd have a stronger level of direct support for, as it affects everybody's future in a positive way.