As opposed to the parents who are in paid work and raising their kids to be non-productive leeches on society?
Most young families I know need 2 incomes to have a reasonable quality of life and make ends meet.
When I had my first child I went back to work when she was 6 months, those were the days where you were attacked in the main by stay home mothers. I recall being called "very bad mother placing my child in day care", thankfully I have thick skin and thankfully attitudes/times have changed.