I really appreciate this comment - you raise a bunch of good points. Your comments about children, though, are a perspective thing on your part - yes, society i

I really appreciate this comment - you raise a bunch of good points. Your comments about children, though, are a perspective thing on your part - yes, society is very protective of kids and, yes, children are overly self-centered and (basically) insane... But actually - the opposite is also true. In general, communities want men participating in kids' lives. You do have to build a little trust - but IMHO time well spent. And (elementary age) kids are also the best kind of people - usually they're not shouting, yelling and bawling - most of the time they are genuinely lovely people. Now this is a generalization - and it varies from place to place - and my school is only half comprised of lower-income kids - but yeah - kids this age are at an age of wonder and discovery. Teaching is just programming a child's mind. I wish more programmers had an appreciation for that. I would venture to say that computers are MORE stubborn than children. :)