Love, not money, is the key to a rich childhood

ONE-IN-FOUR double-income parents may get to spend less than three hours with their children on a normal working day. These parents are not selfish. They are working hard to provide all the benefits they believe their children need.

But where did we get the idea that child development is conditional upon wealth?

When did we decide that without money, psychological, social or educational progress would be arrested: that it was more beneficial for children to have the luxuries in life that two incomes could provide rather than the limitations a single income might impose?