Education as a whole (there are exceptions of course) seems to have stopped being about creating thoughtful citizens and is now more about, I don't know, shallow stuff.
(soberly) Yes, it has. Taking a big step back from mainstream cultural messages is the only way that most parents ever see it for what it has become, I think.
Most parents are fully enmeshed with it, and never question the subliminal messaging re: tiger-parenting.
An enforced step out of the mainstream is, in my own opinion, a terrific blessing and gift in terms of parenting, because it does give one the opportunity to choose more thoughtfully and with greater awareness.
{By the way, for anyone that has ever wondered, this is rather what my signature line means. It's an inside family joke, but it's also a serious allegory. When you can't live in the mainstream even if you wanted to-- be that for 2E, HG+, etc.-- you live with a Howler Monkey loose in the house. Surprise! NOW what seems most important?? 
Thought so.}
