I think CL, hardline feminist she is, didn't compare daycare with stay at home parents but she compared the outcome. do kids raised by parents at home grow up to be scccessful and disceplined than the daycare ones.
Spending those first years at home with your kids and puting their needs first is the best thing a parent especially a mother can do for her kids but if financial burden forces her to be out, then she has no choice.
those of us who also opt to have more kids won't find staying home until all kids grow up idea very appealing. i want to be a good mom, iam i think and want to have a career, be productive and be part of society at large. i dont want to be confined in my home. am an adult and believe that we have the capabilities to be more than a mother, wife or just a freaking career women. we can have most of what we want alltogather but if our trains jam, then mom it is gonna be for me.