Why Family Matters
The building blocks of any healthy society are families. The basic core of all human civilizations is this integral unit. The framework of government, establishment of law, structure of human existence is in the establishment of strong, vibrant and vigorous families.
Try to picture men as empty steel one-dimensional boxes. Lined next to each other you just have more of a blue print than a structure. Men without women are like unpainted or unfinished. They have little flair and no comprehension of the richness of life. Add in a dash of love for a woman and they light up. They change from directionless and self-absorbed creatures who have no interest in the betterment of mankind into men of purpose, who are focused and productive.
Women are the knitters of society. They create the community, the connection from one box to another. So men without women are consumers of the good of society and men with women begin becoming producers for the growth and health of society.
This is magnified exponentially when a child is born. The child stretches the couple to create another dimension of societal value. It is like the square with color now is a cube.
All this is opposed to narcissistic, selfish form of existence that is immature. Most men grow out of their self-focused lifestyles when they get married. They learn new forms of love and take on new duties and responsibilities. That is what is absolutely needed for society to be healthy.
The whole of society should be about developing a healthy place for children to be raised and nurtured. A healthy society will impose law and order to protect the family and ensure the health of the family.
Men really need to get a clue. Sex can result in pregnancy; it isn't all about having pleasure. If men aren’t willing to take on the responsibility of being a parent, then men are risking tearing holes in the fabric of human society. Reckless self centered living is always damaging to others. All the familiar negative cultural problems relate to this: drugs, crime, pornography, alcoholism, gambling. When people are caught up in self pleasuring, they are harming themselves, others, and society.
Men become men when they get out of themselves and learn to live for others – that is mature satisfaction. When they place the safety and concern of others ahead of their own pleasures, they are real men. That is what family provides men: a reason to be men. Men need family to be men.
Take warfare. What motivates men the most is when they are protecting their family, the neighbors, and their society from others who have come to destroy it. The defense of a healthy society is what made America so great in World War II. Men willingly signed up to fight that war. That was not the case in Vietnam where men were forced. They were not defending their families, their culture nor their society.
So when a male fathers a child, that is the beginning of greatness, of building a greater America, and a greater world. How much more purpose and how much more can a man be a man then to fill their little cube with a family? Having children creates a higher level of love and provides the connections to a reason for creating a healthy society, government and world. Ultimately the family changes males to men, providing them the purpose and desire to perform duties and responsibilities beyond those that only satisfy their base appetites. Without a family men are without reason for performing those duties, or caring about their society and culture. They only care about themselves. Raising a family one of the highest purposes in life and provides reason for all the good men do.