In my country day care is run by the state, but since the state refuses to invest money into it we have exactly the same problems. Every single daycare is undersfaffed and overworked. Teachers have to operate a such a high level of stress that the illness rage is almost double the national average, which in turn leads go even more stress.

My daycare had about 4 weeks with full staffing over the last year. It's absurd, but this is what happens if nobody is willing to invest the resources necessary. So many paretsns havs to reduce their work hours or take a year of two of parenting time of. Whole the state at the same time is complaining about a shortage of qualified workers.