There have been times in my life when I questioned this phrase from The Bible*, but I know it is always true. The society we live in has pumped so much propaganda into the public schools that have distanced children from their parents, that the very nature of our society has morphed.How do we, citizens, who believe in the foundation of a healthy society consisting of intact homes with a father [male] a mother [female] and children, push society back to a normalcy again?

My approach to this is to create websites and writings and blogs on the topic of the better life possible to those who have children. Children are blessings. It is true that sometimes they sap our strength and energy and even provoke us to the nth degree. However, what they give back to us is immeasurable. When they press their tiny noses against my nose, I am thrilled. When they play patty-cake with me, I am delighted. When they stand alone for even a fraction of a second for the first time on the way to learning to walk, I am so excited that I want to jump up and shout, but don’t for fear of scaring them into falling down. When infants smile their toothless grins at me, my heart soars because it means that little one recognizes me. As they grow, and they sit on my lap and want me to read to them, I think “how good life is”.. Those of you who think you do not have time for children are missing the greatest blessings of your life. Don’t miss the very purpose of your existence –reproducing yourself is what you owe your family and humanity collectively. IF that is not possible, then develop an interest in the children of others and sustain the relationships in a healthy nurturing way and of course, appropriate ways, so they are emotionally enriched and so are you.

* Genesis 49:25 is written, God speaking to Isaac, “Even by The God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by The Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven, above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, and blessings of the breasts and of the womb.