I’m not allowing myself to “get it” because I don’t necessarily think it’s true. It sounds pretty good though. And, if you’re comfortable leaving your level of analysis at that point and not taking it further, while, at the same time demeaning others as “not getting it” the so be it.
Sure, a stable family structure is probably beneficial to a child’s success. Seems to be common sense. But, is staying in a particular house for a long period of time beneficial? Probably. Could there be other scenarios that might be even more beneficial? Possibly. What about the family that moves a few times to different parts of the country and into communities with different demographics. Wouldn’t this possibly be beneficial to a child’s intellectual development?
I’m not a big fan of North County for just this reason. Sure it has great schools etc. etc. but it’s blah. A child that spends their entire childhood there will probably be successful in the sense that they will go to college, get a plug in job, and commute to work everyday for 40 years until they retire comfortably. Not bad. But there are other possibilities out there as well. Some of the more impressive people I’ve met in my life have been those that had experienced many different locales and cultures as children and it influenced the way they thought and their value system. So, I don’t think you can argue that staying in one place is absolutely the most beneficial situation for children. Well, ok, you can argue it but I don’t have to “get it”.
