Family See also ancestry , babies , birth , children , fathers , marriage , motherhood , pregnancy Blood is thicker than water.
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
The family that prays together stays together. There's a black sheep in every flock. The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears. As is the mother, so is her daughter. If one is not going to take the necessary precautions to avoid having parents one must undertake to bring them up.