April, thanks for your feedback. I love it when readers engage with my writing, especially when they disagree.

You're absolutely correct in mentioning that some families require both parents to work. We didn't home school so all our kids socialised well.

I expected the spanking to make some shudder. I appreciate your viewpoint and respectfully disagree. There are pro-spanking scientists and con-spanking scientists. You're the parent. So parent.