You sound just like my wife!! Except she says "children NEED routine".
Of course I agree with her...and actually I agree with your post too. Great stuff!
One of my favourite quotes is "no success or failure can compensate for failure in the home", and this time it wasn't the wife that said it :)
You're so spot on. If there were a few million more that believe this, we'll have a home run.
Nice play on the word 'home' :)