State‑run collective parenting

A growing argument (exemplified by Hilger) holds that parental failure to transmit modern, market‑relevant skills is the principal driver of persistent poverty and that the state should not only expand childcare but assume much of the child‑rearing and skill‑building role through systematic 'collective parenting' programs. This reframes family policy from support to partial substitution and implies large investments in home‑visiting, intensive early childhood programs, and institutionalized tutoring. — If taken seriously, it would shift debates about inequality, education funding, and family rights toward endorsing large‑scale state socialization of children and raise questions about competence, unintended effects, and political feasibility.