JFem (and PAA and others):
Misplaced priorities and incorrect focus are not good things to teach our kids.
Simply speaking, living in E”Y is for those whose avodas Hashem will be best there.
So if one’s particular child or children’s avodas Hashem will NOT be best there, then it would be counter-productive to artificially instill in them this “Ahavat E”Y”.
So, no, I disagree with arbitrarily promoting “Ahavas E”Y”. At least with Tefillin (for men) and Shabbos, it’s universally applicable. And, with those, I have yet to see a school’s mission statement promote teaching our children a love of Shabbos or Tefillin.
Yet for some (obvious) reason, a “love of E”Y” is a popular one.