Thank you so much for this thorough reply. This part sent shivers down my spine when I read it..

In both cases, a critical point seemed to be when the child was about ten.

My daughter is 11-years old and it was on her 10th birthday(Almost exactly) when she changed from "Daddies little girl" to "little miss Independent" No more hugs and she is sooo much more self-conscious. She is a fantastic young lady and has a heart of gold, but the rebellious streak I had is starting to surface. Very hard times as a single dad(and for her mum too). I remember my own parents had split up when I was 11/12-years old and after it happened their attention was elsewhere(Especially on my dads side) They where dealing with there own trauma while trying to raise us and I certainly noticed the change. I began using drugs and being very anti-social from around 13-years old. I was never nasty, but had a very irresponsible attitude. In my defense, I have always been more awake to the wrongs of the world than most of my friends and family. Even at this young age I knew that house prices were getting out of control and the Iraq War had just begun. When I started my apprenticeship at 16, I found out about low-pay for skilled manual work, while watching our bosses go on lavish "team-building" days. We worked our socks off and they sold it all off. We were all left jobless after years of loyal service. In short the society can go fuck itself. If I were to start again, I would be off-grid from the very start. The gov know full-well that they are poisoning society. Robots are coming to replace us on every level and they just want us to tear each other to pieces. If we don't all come together, we are doomed.