> It’s paid for from taxes so it takes away from other things you as a taxpayer could have, right?

I don't expect every tax dollar I spend to come back to me in the form of a direct benefit.

> Like if I want to not have a single daycare provider but want to instead take my kids to a few different activities during the day (like to a museum and then a swim class and then baseball or whatever), why shouldn’t tax funds be made available to offset the costs of those things?

I would be 100% open to this sort of taxpayer-funded educational enrichment for families who can't afford it themselves, depending on the usual criteria, like how well-run/efficient it is and so on.