"The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors."

Mary Catherine Bateson, American Scientist

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"The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors."

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"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

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"A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer."

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"We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did-a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"A healthy world is made of healthy nations. A healthy nation is made of healthy families. And a healthy family can only be raised on the foundation of a monogamous relationship."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Grandchildren are their grandparents' toys."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

"Children are angels."

"We come into the world through a man and a woman. But life blessings us with many fathers and mothers."

"A new baby is a bundle of hope, a smiling imagination, and a dancing dreams."

"The real beauty of a house is always the happiness inside that house!"

"A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer."

"We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did-a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor."

"A healthy world is made of healthy nations. A healthy nation is made of healthy families. And a healthy family can only be raised on the foundation of a monogamous relationship."

"Grandchildren are their grandparents' toys."

"Children are holy angels."

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"Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live."

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"Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain."

"The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it."

"The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy."

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