i had a problem with it too, but we found a great place and it changed my mind. our day care is a co-op where the parents are very involved in managing and running the place. it calls itself a "child development center" - the branding is as good as it sounds, the staff takes fun and learning very seriously and are feeding my kid with great stuff. if you have found a nurturing and postive environment, stick with it and enjoy it. it is good for your kid to interact with others and it is good for you too. get involved with the daycare, if you take some ownership of it, your feelings will ease.
my folks are of the greatest generation and have the guilty doom and gloom vision of daycare. so we sent them to ours to observe. they came back singing a different tune. sure there are still kid zoos and baby prisons out there, but day care for active toddlers is really good these days.
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