In Sweden we have a very generous social system. At least in my eyes and at least the part of the system that I have been in contact with, i.e. child care.
In Sweden, you are allowed to leave your children 15 hrs/week at the daycare also when you unemployed and/or when you are on your (subsidized) parental leave with child no. 2/3/4 etc.
Many schools distribute these 15 hours at 3 hrs/day, 5 days a week. Others have 5 hrs/day 3 days per week. In one school area, the municipal has changed the split from the 5 hours/day to 3. Which of course is a change for the parents and leads to changes in behavior, which to a start can be "hard" to adjust to. But, that my friend is all that it is – "uncomfortable, for a while".
Many of the comments and viewpoints are pure results of (and this makes me sound like I am closer to 80) fantastic lazy generation. A generation that used to get everything served on a silver platter, and darn it if you have to go get that silver platter yourself… Taking care of the children one manufactured oneself, is apparently of these hardships.
Is it really a problem, that you need to spend 2 more hours with your child/children per day- really?
"My son get so sad when he can't eat the lunch, that they have started to prepare at daycare." – Hopefully, you have time to make something just as tasty as the pre-made lunches the schools serve…
"My son do not have the time t get into the games they play, when is only is there three hours!" – Hopefully, you will continue to work on his social skills so it won't take him 2.5 hrs to get into an activity future. Otherwise, he will have a hard time functioning in our society.
Yeah, boohoo at you.
How dare you call this a problem and how dare you project your issues about less time for yourself and claim it has to do with your child's best interest. It has nothing to do with them, it has only to do with you.
Louise Dock 
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