Only the family, society's smallest unit, can change and yet maintain enough continuity to rear children who will not be "strangers in a strange land, " who will be rooted firmly enough to grow and adapt.

Salvador Minuchin
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The family is the only unit in society that can change and yet maintain enough continuity to rear children who will not be "strangers in a strange land," who will be rooted firmly enough to grow and adapt to the world.

Source: Families And Family Therapy

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