That is why I feel so strongly that we must support and defend the family against those who would rip it to pieces. If you undermine it, if you tamper with those underpinnings, you threaten the entire superstructure. Everybody likes to talk about this phrase, especially at election time. Every politician will tell you that he or she is in favor of traditional family values, but very few stop to define it or even tell you what they mean by this phrase. I think that it is not a waste of time to invest yourself in your children's lives.
Children are what families are really all about.
Not everybody is blessed with them, but I feel that they are a tremendous blessing. The second component is the permanence of the marital union. It doesn't always work this way, but marriage was intended as a lifetime contract. This is the way it works best. Families are meant to be permanent.