IT takes a village to raise a child. And the Philippine village — the myriad entities needed to feed, clothe, shelter, medicate, educate and morally form our children into self-reliant, responsible citizens — are weak or broken.

Even as Filipino Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family on Dec. 29, the Sunday after Christmas, we cannot but lament the grave problems and failings in the protection, strengthening and development of the Filipino family.

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