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The family is called the first Community. Why? |
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Answer» CREATING a sense of belonging and responsibility Human beings are hardwired to live in a community where they feel connected to other PEOPLE and a part of something bigger than themselves. British Renaissance poet John Donne wrote, "No man is an island." He went on to write, "Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main ... And therefore never send to know for whom the BELL tolls; it tolls for thee." The bells that Donne referred to were funeral bells. Donne was saying that when one man dies it is though you also have died because any INDIVIDUAL's death diminishes the whole and therefore diminishes the individual. It's a great picture of what community is meant to be -- one for all and all for one. Each family unit is a child's first experience in a community. |
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