As people continue to determine a definition for the ever-changing family, one thing will never fade. What matters most is that the family possesses love. Money cannot buy happiness, but love can. Happiness, loving, sharing, and trusting, help to provide the foundation for a family. Everything else plays second fiddle to the above-mentioned things.
Any family is a big empty pot, save for what gets thrown in.
Each stew turns out different. Generosity, a resolve to turn bad luck into good, and respect for variety these things will nourish a nation of children. Name-calling and suspicion will not. Kingsolver s writing provides us with some encouraging words of wisdom. We can lay blame and point fingers at what has gone wrong with families today, or we can help strengthen them.