It bothers me whenever it's used but not specifically by you. I understand what you are saying and for sure we are for the same cause. I don't think unregulated is a term to be used either, although the entire home daycare industry is unregulated by the government apart from the number of children outlined in the DNA....at least in ontario anyway. I think that there should be some information booklets given out in the new baby package outlining the difference between private home daycare, agency home daycare and daycare centre. That way a parent can be legitimately well informed with the facts and make a decision based on this not on the scaremongering of the media and the bad mouthing from the GP who either have had a bad experience or spread rumours without any sort of reliable source.