Young children  experience traumatic stress in response to the sudden separation from a parent.  Young children belong with their parents, grandparents, or a loving family member,  not a State provided day care.  Removing an infant, toddler, pre schooler from their mother for 8 to 10 hours a day produces the very overweight, under educated, under achieving individuals that are filled with malaise, cynicism, and inability to relate or succeed that you describe.  Leave earnings with the parents who earn and allow parents to nurture their own children.