Did I mention my children are thriving? It's obvious to me that your children are with you and your ego is too big to think they would do as well otherwise. I have 4 children and majored in elementary Ed so I think I have a little understanding on how small children work and let me tell you that they deal way better with change and things other than the norm than older children. BTW I live 10 minutes from their mother so that isn't a consideration that will help your biased stance here.