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Family Structure Quotes

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Some quotes debate policy, asking why programs meant to preserve family structure sometimes work against the stability they claim to Alone protect.

If the Left really wants to preserve family structure and advance cultural values such as work, why do they oppose reforms to a welfare system that pays teenage girls to have babies out of wedlock and disparage conservative proposals that...

Quotes by Stephen Moore

I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids.

Quotes by Shirley Jones

As a society, we've evolved, and we've recognized that the American family structure has undergone enormous changes. Divorce is all around us, and who among us doesn't know someone who is divorced or has been impacted by divorce. It's not...

Quotes by Laura Wasser

The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure during the past several centuries.

Quotes by Gary Becker

Afforded Quotes

The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past generation in the United States.

Quotes by Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Families are not merely constructs of outdated convention, and traditional marriage laws were not based on animosity toward homosexuals. Rather, I believe that the traditional family structure - centered on a lawful union between one man and one woman -...

Quotes by Charles T. Canady

I grew up completely alone but with all the comforts of knowing I had a cushioning family structure around me - and yet I could free myself from it.

Quotes by Ali Smith

Frequently Asked Questions

What is debated in these family structure quotes?
One side argues welfare policy should better support traditional family structure, while others describe how the American family has genuinely changed over recent decades.
Do any quotes mention personal experiences with family stability?
Yes, one recalls how a television role provided both financial and emotional family structure and stability growing up.
Is divorce discussed as part of this topic?
One quote notes that divorce is common enough now that almost everyone knows someone affected, as part of a broader shift in family life.
Does academic research appear in this collection?
Yes, one quote references a treatise analyzing family structure across modern Western societies and other cultures over several centuries.
How is the American family described overall?
As having undergone enormous change, a theme echoed across the personal and policy-focused quotes tied to the American Family.

Others speak personally about growing up with structure and stability, even as the wider American Family has changed around them.