Thanks for sharing your opinion - I appreciate and respect all comments; especially those, such as yours, that will assist my future development as a writer.
As I mentioned previously, my sole intent was to write a simple, amusing story for my own children - nothing more. I'm certainly not preaching specific points of view, or anything like that, and readers/casual observers will always take out of it what they wish to. It's all a matter of interpretation and perspective.
As far as selling points are concerned, I wont, for one second, say that my writing/story is good, bad or indifferent. That's purely for others to judge and I've no desire to become a salesman. My personal, writing-specific, objectives have already been met, and anything else along the way is a bonus.
cheers,
Andrew