I am thinking about all of the comments made above and I do not really want to comment just yet. Just one thing, which I would like to throw into the pot, is a comment by Johannes Rau, former president of Germany, to the effect that nowadays many children are being raised to be consumers rather than citizens. Indeed a huge amount of money is being invested in advertising to ensure that this happens. The result can be a tendency for children to estimate their worth in terms of what they possess rather than what they can do. I regard this trend as dangerous.