Agree these facets of life are very important. My wife flooded our home with books, musical instruments, easels, and every other creative option she could imagine, and our kids loved it. Balancing these aspects of life with all of the many others seemed to really enhance all of our lives.

Concerning the question of how children are effected by having one parent at home vs. both parents working, I haven’t researched the stats, but when our kids were growing up in CV, most of the moms in our neighborhood stayed at home with their kids.

Although most were educated professionals, these women chose to either work from home or not work at all. Their husbands were MD’s, college prof’s, newscasters, CPA’s, attorneys, pilots, business owners, sports figures etc. We pretty much found the same to be true when we moved to RSF.

As far as the success rate of our kids, I would have to say about 50% achieved the goals they set when they entered college. I really don’t know how revealing such a small sample is, but it is interesting.