Reply #16: You're livining in yesteryear.

[TheKentuckian]

Now, with virtually every household being single or dual incomes the kids are learning the socialization and craft activities in day care. Its almost unavoidable since the kids are already in more or less a classroom setting and certainly need constructive things to do that will occupy them for stretches of time.

The general layout of society naturally creates a situation where things are happening on an accelerated basis as far as the settings most kids will be in from the classroom, to being home alone, probably dating, and in some cases college course work therefore being exposed to the uptick in responsibility, variety of people, and self determination.