I cannot begin to know the kind of grief of this father whose child died in the care of a negligent day-care provider. But I can imagine it.

Still, I can't see how more regulations of in-home day care operations will help matters. The fact is the persons guilty of this crime were cited many times for violating existing regulations and were in violation of the rules (for having too many children in the home) on the very day of the tragedy. It's hard to imagine that tighter regulations, which won't be enforced any more than the old ones, will do any good. The real blame goes to the operators of this day care operation and they are in prison now where they belong.

But grieving parents and politicians are a dangerous combination. Tomorrow I look forward to a newpaper article about how working people struggle to find affordable day care.