The family … empowers a child to venture with confidence

The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It ... is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he can be.
~ Marianne E. Neifert. Dr. Mom's Parenting Guide
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