“Strong families value their extended family, particularly grandparents. In one study of college students, a majority thought their interactions with grandparents reflected high family strengths. It’s important to create continuity between generations, passing along traditions and making roots ever stronger, so the tree continues to reach for the sun.”

“Families don’t follow tradition as much as they used to. Family is still important, but many of the customs have fallen to the wayside. Some families, though, still hold onto tradition. Good, bad, or ugly.”

“Oh, yeah, insanity ran deep in the roots of that family tree.’ (Talon)”

“America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.”

“The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.”

“Nothing threatens a father’s involvement in the family more than his obligation to be the family’s “financial womb,” creating “The Father’s ‘Catch-22’”: loving the family by being away from the family. It is the irony of traditional fatherhood: being a father by not being a father.”

“Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.”

“The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.”

“I love him dearly. On issues of economics and … family values, there's nobody that I know that's stronger.”

“Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy—the mother.”