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Bernice Weissbourd was an American social worker and advocate for early childhood education and family support services. She founded Family Focus, an organization dedicated to strengthening families and communities through various support programs. Weissbourd's work emphasized the importance of early childhood development and parental involvement in fostering healthy, resilient families. Her contributions to social work and her efforts to promote family well-being have had a lasting impact on the field of early childhood education and family support services.
"Because it's not only that a child is inseparable from the family in which he lives, but that the lives of families are determined by the community in which they live and the cultural tradition from which they come."
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"Because it's not only that a child is inseparable from the family in which he lives, but that the lives of families are determined by the community in which they live and the cultural tradition from which they come."

Family, Community, Tradition
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"Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports."
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"Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports."

Family, Help, Network, Parents
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"Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that it is within families that children grow and thrive or don't."
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"Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that it is within families that children grow and thrive or don't."

Act, Awareness, Children, Legislation
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"But however the forms of family life have changed and the number expanded, the role of the family has remained constant and it continues to be the major institution through which children pass en route to adulthood."
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"But however the forms of family life have changed and the number expanded, the role of the family has remained constant and it continues to be the major institution through which children pass en route to adulthood."

Family, Life, Adulthood, Children
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