The fact that the column originates out of a Fairbanks, Alaska newspaper gives it a "wow" factor, but the futuristic trends predicted (the point of the piece) are rather unremarkable. However, the remarkable phenom of home education makes a cameo appearance.
It goes like this: "She (author Marian Salzman) also claims that businesses who serve families will be in high demand, ranging from providing ways to keep them safe to offering strategies for homeschooling children. Homeschooling will continue to be popular and even parents who send their children to public schools will search for ways to foster their education after they get home."