Dr. Pipher maintains that families are ancient
institutions. She said that ever since
humans crossed the savannas in search of food, our families have been
unique…Homo sapiens needs families to survive, and bravo to those millions of
parents who are trying hard to do the right thing.
Happily married people understand this very basic
concept. It is not just their own
nucleus that needs caring, but the entire institution of marriage and the
social unit known as a family.
When marriages flourish, so do families, and as a result,
communities all over the world also flourish.
That is how societies become stronger and progressive. When the smallest unit survives, the larger
ones survive.