Some people do it in the mistaken belief that it is healthy and good for the child. That's the grey zone.
In this fiction, the place it's happening in morally bankrupt. The Profit Motive rules all and who cares about some "leeches on the economy" etc etc.
For Greater Deregulations, I take a lot of extreme right-wing arguments and turn them up to eleven. This is just one example of how seeking profit above all else is intensely corrupting.
RE: Challenge #03541-I253: From Little Things