How has day care for children changed in the last 50 years?

Answer 1

It has become a lot more about profit, rather than the care they provide for the children.

In the past daycare was more often provided by a grandparent, other relative or neighbor and there was less likelihood that other children were also being cared for at the same time and place. Often a friend's mother in the neighborhood could care for a working mother's child since there were more at home mothers. Also, it was not so common that children would need to be placed somewhere for daycare since not as many mothers were employed outside the home.