Not at all.
I hate the judgementalism from some.
I also agree that it isnt a teachers responsibility to change nappies.
I feel, that because of financial pressures, its often the case that way too many children are farmed out to nurseries where, with the best will in the world, undertrained staff are left to deal with children in their most formative years. The years when thy most need that most personal contact with parents.
For me way too many are being dropped of 8 in the morning and then not seeing their parents face for at least 8 hours a day. When they do see them, more often than not, the parents are physically exhausted from a day at work also knowing that, aswell as the child, there are so many domestic duties that have to be done.
Of course its the parents responsibility to cater for ALL their childs needs, almost for life but there are now so many external pressures that bear down and put extreme outside pressure on that responsibility.
My own view, yup, old fashioned, is that in those formative years parents shouldnt have to feel the need for both partners to work full time, thats before even starting on the difficulties a single, working, parent suffers.
This aspect is only one a complete complex of supportive needs that a child has in its formative years that, again IMHO, can only be met by actual parental support in the home.
