You cannot afford to neglect your children. Families are being torn asunder everywhere. Family relationships are strained as women try to keep up with the rigors of two full-time jobs. We face a great overwhelming tide of children born to mothers without husbands. The futures of such children are almost inevitably blighted from the day they are born.
Every home needs a good father and a good mother.
We cannot build prisons fast enough in this country to accommodate the need. I do not hesitate to say that you who are mothers can do more than any other group to change this situation. All of these problems find their root in the homes of the people. It is broken homes that lead to a breakup in society. And so tonight, my beloved sisters, my message to you, my challenge to you, my prayer is that you will rededicate yourselves to the strengthening of your homes.