Kindergartens used to be simple and fuss-free.
Walk to a nearby PCF kindergarten, sit there for two hours, learn your ABCs and 123s, sing some songs and play with a little plasticine. Go home after the session ends.
Nowadays, the married women would rather let their kids be placed under the care of strangers for 8 hours, while they themselves trot off to work.
Self-inflicted problem? Partly, yes.
http://www.myfirstskool.com/pages/our_curriculum
They even have full-day childcare for toddlers 18 months to 3 years old. That is just sad.