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I agree. There should be a social recognition of the consequences and repercussions to having children. Perhaps we should have laws preventing divorce until all children have reached the age of 13; perhaps laws that require the father and mother live together and take care of their child until that age if a child is born out of wedlock...who knows? I'm no social engineer.
I also mentioned acceptance of subsidized daycare for working poor and welfare recipients who prove they are actively seeking and obtaining work. But if you are "living the middle class lifestyle" or better? Having others raise your kids is shirking responsibility; IMO you need to do this yourself if you want any chance for them to grow up well-balanced.
In order to accomplish what you want in the first paragraph, it will take more than laws. It will require a fundamental transformation of our entire entitlement system, and if that were done, I might not object so much to subsidized daycare...