I think he's the one who still reads newspapers? I guess the financial sections are still for real. Very true statements about the way we raise our children. One might say we're too caught up in the rat race to spare the time for spending time with our children, that goes for parents as well as kids who get influenced by their peers in the public diseduction system. There was a time when a family of 4 was financially comfortable with one income and stay at home moms. While it is true that the dollar purchasing power has declined terribly, there is also the keeping up with the Joneses syndrome.