Brief #16 - Opinion

I have been a student at Southern Arkansas University for 4 years (4 fall semesters if you want to be technical). I have been a mother for 1 year. In the same way that there are pros and cons to attending a university as a regular, college aged student with hardly any responsibility, there are pros and cons for me as a college aged student with a whole other human being's life and well being in my responsibility pile. In lack for better words, bluntly put I am a single parent, full time student, and working 30 hours a week. I am very grateful that Southern Arkansas University has a housing option for students with spouses, and or children.
Upon becoming a mother I was very unsure of how I would be the best parent to my baby girl and continue on my journey to a Bachelor's degree. Family housing is a huge pro to me as well as many other single parent students, but there is a con. The biggest con as a single parent student at SAU is the fact that there isn't a daycare on campus. I'm hoping not to come across as privileged and ungrateful because I truly am, I just don't understand why there isn't a daycare on campus. A brief rundown of my day to day includes: waking up, fixing breakfast, feeding my daughter and getting her and her bags ready for the day, dressing myself and getting my own bags for the day, then driving to the Southside of town to drop my child off at daycare, small talking with the ladies at the daycare (because it's kind of rude to just dump your kid and run), driving back to campus, parking, and going to class. It may not seem that different from any other student's day to day, but no other student that lives ON campus 2 minutes from all of their classes is having to drive 10 minutes away. The daily drive to the daycare irritates my soul and it makes me not even want to leave the house sometimes. I personally compare SAU to every other University here in Arkansas, but there are several universities that have daycare on campus why is Southern Arkansas University not on board?