<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>beaeglebeached</author><text>Or just legalize &amp;#x27;neglect&amp;#x27; (aka letting school age children be latchkey again without someone constantly lording over them).&lt;p&gt;This bizarre and historically unprecedented scenario where parents simultaneously must both work but be prosecuted for doing so will likely be a blip in history.</text><parent_chain><item><author>bhpm</author><text>The primary function of state funded K-12 is childcare to enable two parents to work. Unless and until that is not the case, school will start earlier than parents need to be at work. If it started later, that time would be replaced with pre-school care&amp;#x2F;activities.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Most states start school too early in the morning</title><url>https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/usa-school-start-times</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>macspoofing</author><text>&amp;gt;The primary function of state funded K-12 is childcare to enable two parents to work.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s the PRIMARY function, eh?</text><parent_chain><item><author>bhpm</author><text>The primary function of state funded K-12 is childcare to enable two parents to work. Unless and until that is not the case, school will start earlier than parents need to be at work. If it started later, that time would be replaced with pre-school care&amp;#x2F;activities.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Most states start school too early in the morning</title><url>https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/usa-school-start-times</url></story>