> “Parents need the support of family members, friends and neighbors.” Western countries have worked hard over the past few decades to reduce the impact of or

> “Parents need the support of family members, friends and neighbors.” Western countries have worked hard over the past few decades to reduce the impact of or downright destroy the influence of the nuclear family: a fairly generous welfare state, the constant denigration of religion, "DINK"s being treated as the popular thing to be, etc. It's no wonder replacement birth rates have slowed to alarming levels and families are seen as broken.