Issue: Panel rejects day-care rules: House committee limits supporters; 2 members suggest mothers stay home/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review

Quote: "It's gut-wrenching for me," Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, said before the 6-5 vote against the bill. "What can we do to keep mom at home?" Loertscher said he "cannot imagine" ever taking a child to a day-care center and said, "There is no substitute, there is absolutely no substitute for families taking care of children."

DFO: The parent-in-home approach to raising children was best for my family. But not all Idaho families can make it on one income. Nor to all Idaho families share my values. The action taken by this committee exposes many children to danger. The vote can be described no other way but foolish. (For the record, six of the eight Repubs on the committee voted against the regs; all three Demos voted for it.)

Question: What do you think of the action against minimum day-car regs taken by the Idaho Health and Welfare Committee?

Original Post: 8:35 a.m.

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