It's kind of a catch 22 situation, most families cannot afford to stay home and teach their children, I always wanted to, but just survival expenses with a house and 3 children was roughly $3000/month. Sure there are many things we could do without, but as far as household costs $2400/month not including food or automobile expenses. This was back 15+ years ago, these days it's even more difficult to raise children and keep a household running. Even with both my husband and myself working, we still lost our house to the bank, right after I was laid off from a well paying job. Fortunately our kids were grown by that time, so we left the home our kids grew up in. There's got to be more than educational that changes, it's the system as a whole that has to be more supportive and big time changes are needed. People don't need handouts, they need life skills, the time has come to be more self sufficient in every way.