Do u believe that the Family is the foundation of a strong community?
And that's compose of a Father, Mother & Child/children.
Traditionaly, a family is composed of those three and yes it would be better if all of those components are present. The mother and father serves as the teacher of values and norms to their children. Of course we have to consider that the parents also have a good relationship that their child would look up to in their future.
When children are raised well by parents, they would have higher percentage to be successful in life and eventually contribute to the community.