We can no more create the perfect environment for our children than we can create perfect children.
Marriages are failing, and mothers are raising their children alone. Many women would rather remain alone than marry a man who can't contribute anything to the family's income.
To apply for a gifted program, children as young as 4 are required to sit through hour-long verbal exams.
On the one hand, parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate all their lives; on the other hand, they fear that too much digital media, too early, will sink them.