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I grew up as the only child, and we did not have a large family. So for me and my mother, our friends tend to become our family.

Family is this very deep, complex thing that for most people becomes everything. It informs your entire life.

Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little.

Thousands of years of human history have shown that the ideal setting for children to grow up is with a mother and a father committed to one another, living together, and sharing the responsibility of raising their children.

Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.

To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.

I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.

Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.