Don't agree at all.
I was raised by my parents to believe that I could do anything if I put my mind to it, that the world was my oyster and to have a broad and open mind.
These people may be some of the nicest around but broad and open minded they're not.
That their teens are given the choice of another life is commendable, but frankly too little too late.
That would be akin to uprooting your own new age teen and saying "How's about you try living like a pioneer for a while, perhaps you'd like to live your life that way?"
In most cases that 'aint gonna happen.
Peoples morals ideals and personalities are already entrenched by that late age...
Yes they live a simpler life with positive attitudes....
But unless you truly believe that such a narrow minded existence is the right one in this day and age then those kids are getting the short end of lifes stick.
But then that's just one mans opinion.