Sounds similar to my story, minus the kids! But I sacrificed London's higher salary and security of working for someone else to take a gamble on building a small new business working for myself mainly. But boy do I not miss the City, Corporations and all that! And I have a lot more control of my...
I don't think anyone would disagree, if pushed and honest, with what you're saying. I think it's more the chaos and slippery slope angle at stake here 'on the whole', we just can't entertain that as a nation. Nor should we. Go to school, sit down and tow the line even if sometimes it sucks...
Sounds like you were on the treadmill, working long hours in and commuting London to afford school fees etc. Did it ultimately cancel itself out i.e. you never see the kids because you're working so hard to give them 'the best' before you stopped all that and now have a better work-life balance?
Good. The rights of individuals should not come before the greater good in this instance - we live in an age of 'me me me' and the chaos it leaves behind as a consequence is getting ridiculous. Sit down, shut up as we say in football.