Obviously, children need nuturing from both parents, but the mother has always been the prime source from birth.The whole point being, it is the mother that is the center of family bonding during the formative years.The shame is for our country to remove this influence when it is needed most! Especially when we have able bodied men that should be serving in their place. If the logic of this escapes anyone, perhaps it is because the looking at the truth is painful.