All newborns need nurturing.

They are not medals to primp on a breast.

They are human beings brought by love

and shifting them to daycare

for a bigger paycheck is a travesty.

It’s no one’s fault:  somehow it is now

the norm in a materialistic world,

where raising children is

a community venture.

But who will really love the children

when they catch colds,

learn to walk, say their first words.

Three years go so fast.

What a shame to let economics dictate.