Whats sad about this article is that the REAL victims are the kids. They are spending more time on the bus in some cases than they do in classes, their parents arent able to be as interactive as they should because of distance / transportation, they will make friends but odds are they wont live anywhere close to each other and therefore only be "school friends", the theory is a good one but it wont do any good if people start taking thier children out of public and put them in private schools, or