What is the attraction for daggerboards really? Will having deep daggers and rudders sell more boats to the parents (like myself)? Will the kids use the boat more and enjoy it more in that configuration? Those were the questions I asked myself.
It is not a question of underestimating what the kids can do, but what brings most kids on the water, repeatedly (I have trained and coached kids, youth and adults in other sports. Kids learn and master skills amazingly fast compared to adults).

Personally I would want deep foils on a boat I was going to sail, but I am not going to sail that boat very much.

I wonder what non-sailing parents would answer to Phills question, and what would they answer after reading a short pro/con summary on the different configurations? Perhaps we should make a small print and do a private survey at work?