Family breakdown is blighting the lives of far too many…

Most poor people in America are white. The family breakdown issue is an issue that crosses all sorts of racial lines. High school dropout…

— David Brooks

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong…

— Iain Duncan Smith

The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see…

— Rick Santorum

The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high.

— Iain Duncan Smith

“As far as she could see, children mostly argued, shouted, ran around very fast, laughed loudly, picked their noses, got dirty and sulked.”

— Terry Pratchett

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful — there are far too many children.

— Marguerite Yourcenar

Conservatives highlight the primacy of family and argue that family breakdown exacerbates poverty, and they're right. Children raised by single parents are three times…

— Nicholas Kristof

“So the bad news is that family breakdown is causing a host of societal and economic ills. But the good news is that, like…

— M. Russell Ballard

“The breakdown of the neighborhoods also meant the end of what was essentially an extended family…With the breakdown of the extended family, too much…

— Marilyn French

When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room.

— Spalding Gray

By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are…

— Iain Duncan Smith

I myself am hell.

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

I understand why creative people like dark, but American audiences dont like dark. They like story. They do not respond to nervous breakdowns and…

— Leslie Moonves

The general public have a warped view of the speed at which an investigation proceeds. They like to imagine tense conversations going on behind…

— Ben Aaronovitch

Ideal for the child and society in the best of times, Rudolf Steiner's brilliant process of education is critically needed and profoundly relevant now…

— Joseph Chilton Pearce