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On the first point, though, there is a limit to the value of sticking a child in nursery all day as opposed to having it occasionally or only part time. The value erodes after a certain point in terms of socialisation and can turn many children into little monsters because all they know is the socialisation of the playground (of course you could argue that that makes them good psychopathic managers later in life... :-))
On the second point, I don't believe it "just happened". Have a look at Gramscianism, the Frankfurt School and "the long march through the institutions". (I'll get my tin foil hat.)
Mind the Gap by Ferdinand Mount, and the The Welfare State We're In by James Bartholomew are both excellent well-researched books on the subject as well.
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