[Fern]

Princess, you sound like a great mom. And you managed to describe probably the one thing I miss about not having children....being able to open their eyes and mind to the (natural) world arond them.

Yeah, I have a feeling that the kind of "obedience" kids are taught in school, or at least were, in my day, does not serve them well in the real world. Better to question authority than to do as you're told. Better to carve your own path than join the bandwagon. Ok, those are my trite expressions for the day.