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If we assess the Western by the condition of its young families, the Western is sick. An incredible number of children hardly see their parents, or for just a few minutes each day. One in two young families break down, for better or worse. The casualties throng the family courts. Our maladjusted system has made the ideal of 'mommy' and 'father' - i.e. a adoring, constant, adult occurrence in a child's infancy - a rarity. To speak of the 'maternal instinct' still elicits scorn or humiliation from some feminists, who continue to mock 'holy motherhood'. This single is a protection of parents and children. It does not suggest a go back to the 1950s. On the contrary, it champions the 'New Family', which most policymakers, companies, religions, and sociable conservatives have didn't recognize or keep tempo with (continue reading to find out what the New Family is). The producing policy pull - the inability to convert notions of childcare, the work place, and parental leave to complement new sociable realities - has already established devastating effects for the family, especially that tired, unsung heroine, the working mother. Pulling on the latest research, Paul Ham and Bernie Dark brown hope to bring fresh thinking to 1 of the oldest & most difficult issues: how best to raise children. We offer 12 'Modest Proposals' that may better attune the Western to the needs of the New Family.