It Takes A Family

Over the past decade the catch phrase "it's takes a village..." seems to have become a standard attitude. While community plays a vital role in our lives (a blog I will share for another day), there is no village or community without families. It takes a family to create a loving home for a child to grow in a comforting, encouraging environment where he or she can form secure attachments and roots. A properly attached child will then be prepared to serve and become part of the continuum of community.

A family consisting of a Mother and Father is the basis each child of God deserves to give him or her the best chance for success. This involves more that simply naming one parent Mother and the other Father. A Mother should be loving and kind. A Father should be a strong example of steadfastness. Each parent offers direction to a child that one parent cannot give alone.

These complete families provide the best environment for raising children, but they also are the best equipped to help other people around them.

It doesn't just take a village, it takes a village full of FAMILIES!

Other blogs and rants to come about being a homemaker, decorating, organizing (just throw it out already!), building up our community (get involved and for pete's sake VOTE!), the "break down of the family," attachment parenting, allowance and "chores", education, living with OCD, book reviews, and much, much MORE!