"Is this not more or less why we read real literature to our children, hang actual art work on their walls instead of cartoon cutouts, take them to good restaurants instead of fast food places? "

I only wish. I see the select few on the job (library) who seek out real literature and read it to their kids. When the majority of parents do read to their kids, it tends to be the tripe on the rack at chain stores.

sorry, that's a real hot button for me. Kids who get good literature grow up knowing how to think, and we know where that leads, don't we???

Sorry I missed that concert, Art; I was trying to finish up Library school AND serving in the organizing drive at that time.