Parents are crucial in children's development. They play a great role in child's upbringing and nurturing. If most parents will do their jobs properly, then many children will stay on the right path and be useful both to themselves and the society at large.
Family is a unit or fraction of the society. Different families make up a society. So it is correct to say that a society functioning is derived from the various families functioning that made up the society. "If you want to build a great society, start from the family first".
Many juvenile delinquencies that abound around us today mostly are attributed to the fact that the exhibitors were children who were not properly nurtured and cared for by their parents. Many children have been led astray in the society because they didn't have anyone to care for or control them. Some parents hardly have the time to spend with their children hence they won't be able to monitor the behavior of their children, either good or bad.
The parents constitute mostly towards the health development of their children. Naturally children stay healthy and well when they have good parents to care for them. Orphans with nobody have a tendency of falling sick occasionally. Parents also help to inculcate health habits into their children such as proper personal hygiene, disallowing the use of hard drugs and so on. Parents have the responsibility of seeking medical treatment for their children whenever they fall sick.
Parents help their children to attain the highest nutritional level possible. They helped them in eating foods that are highly nutritious and beneficial to their children. A new born baby derive the nutrients necessarily for his or her growth from the breast milk of the mother. Often a times, as the child continues to grow, the parents ensure foods that are important for the growth and development of the child are introduced to the child.
Parents are also a force to be reckoned with in child's identity formation. Many people with low self esteem today were once children who were neglected or treated bad by their parents when they were younger. A child's identity starts to form from his childhood. A child has the tendency of having a positive relationship and Identity if he or she is surrounded by loving parents. Many people became a loner as a result of their childhood trauma.
The family also contribute positively to child's development in many ways. The family serve as a socialization agent to their children. They educate their children morally and also provide them with qualitative education by sending them to good schools to acquire education that is germane in shaping them and their future. Parents are considered essential towards the development of their children and the nation at large, removing parents from the equation will only cause havoc.
All being said, it's important to understand the sacrifices that are associated with being a parent before planning to become one. Parents are one of the nation builders. Children in most cases follow the footsteps of their parents and once the parents are misguided or on the wrong path, then there's every tendency for their children to follow their wrong steps too. Anybody can give birth, but it takes more to be a parent. Parents are often known for their sacrifices towards making their children great. A nation can't grow if it has bad families in it.