You can try but if you get flagged or audited for it, you could be in some trouble and for certain your day care provider would be. The dollars you deduct have to be reported as going someplace. They are pretty strict about that here in Michigan.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.