Those of us who are or have been members of families – that's all of us – realize there is more to family life than making babies and raising babies to become good adults.

The central and most challenging function of the family is the responsibility of parents to raise their children to be good people and good Christians. It is far more important than the goal of so many families in our affluent society – to maximize their income and increase their level of comfort.

People should be treated like subjects, not objects. That's another of those "motherhood statements" - a statement that everyone can agree with but one that is so often violated.