I also think the line in the "Mommy, are we poor?" article speculating about the nature of childhood is thought-provoking: "How does being indulged in sheer entertainment for your entire childhood affect your drive, empathy and engagement?" I saw a sentence earlier that said something about how long it took before people figured out that childhood needs to be treated differently than adulthood, but do we treat it too differently? Good question to think about for parents, I suppose.