Donald G. Smith Quote – The Two Functions of Family

“The family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time of need and to drive each other insane.” – Donald G. Smith
Read more“The family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time of need and to drive each other insane.” – Donald G. Smith
Read more“Family” is traditionally the most important part of Korean life, but families are now falling apart. The national divorce rate has tripled from 2013 to 2014. South Korea has had the highest suicide rate among developed countries for eight consecutive years. In 2012, 39 people per day killed themselves. Suicide is the leading cause of death for 10- to 30-year-old […]
Read moreIn America most people are chasing happiness in getting a better job, living in a better place, and purchasing stuff to make them happy. Studies show that this type of searching may be leading to unhappiness. If you are buying books that are supposed to help you find happiness you may not find it there. Americans are spending around $9 […]
Read more12-year-old Jaxxyn Wood of Kentucky stayed up to 3 a.m. playing computer games and smelled an electrical fire in the kitchen. He woke his family and got all nine people to evacuate, thus saving their lives.
Read morePercentage of U.S. children in 1960 who lived in households headed by heterosexuals in their first marriage: 73 Who do today: 46
Read more“To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.” ― Pope John Paul II
Read more“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.” – Buddha
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