Terranuova Bracciolini (Arezzo), Italy
Sabrina Carboni, 37, Maid,
My daughter !!! of course. Maybe this is not correct because I have my husband too. He is important, but he is on another plane. A little, little different plane.
Monika Longauerova, 49, Psychologist
That’s a difficult question. When looking into the past, the most important for me were my parents. I think that they passed to me the best they could. They always supported me and accepted me without reservations. I learned scantiness, humility towards life and they also helped me to sort out my values. Especially the one that money is not everything and that the compassion towards others and goodness cannot be bought. Today, most important for me are my kids. I tried to pass to them the goodness I myself received.
Liu Meihua, 31, Makeup Factory Inspector
My son is the most important, because his father is not here. I only have him, to keep me company. It’s also because of a mother’s instinct.
Noa Chashafi, 18, High School Student
The most important people in my family are my father and mother. I think that the roots of the family are within the building blocks of the family, which are our parents. They shape our personality in the most significant years and we need to respect them and appreciate very much what they’ve done because making a home and raising children is really a life-long project.
Alt Mónika Anetta, 30, Assistant Lecturer
I don’t need to think much for who is the most important person in my family; it’s my girl. I raise my child alone; I don’t know if I would feel different if I would live in a classic family. Anyway, I can’t even call my situation a selfless one, because I get a lot of love from her. I think that the most important investment in life is the people, the relations between them and their harmonious development.
Feliciano Claudio Gomes, 33, Porter
My mother! She spent nine months generating me inside her womb, and then she introduced me to the world. I owe her my existence.
Bridget Aitchison, 47, Community Manager
My dad, my daddy, no my mom! I can’t choose between them, my mom and dad, because they were the best teachers that I had. I’ve never, ever seen my parents argue. People always came to my parents with their problems when I was growing up. I never went to anyone else. They’re the best grandparents, my kids are so lucky to have them and the kids know it. I grew up knowing what a sense of family is.
Anthony Clarkson, 51, Sales Manager
The important member of my family is my partner, without any shadow of a doubt. We’ve been together for 10 years and she’s just been my rock even since we’ve been together. With the strength, she’s made me who I am. I went through some hard times and she’s always been there for me. I could never live without her. She’s the most important member of my family.
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