Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Maląg on Tuesday opened the second day of the 3rd National Conference "Upbringing Lasts Forever" together with Children's Rights Ombudsman Mikołaj Pawlak.

The Minister recalled the words of St John Paul II: "Among these many paths, the family is the first and the most important". She stressed that children should be brought up in love and at the same time in the spirit of values and the pursuit of particular goals.

- In life, you should not go with the flow, you should set yourself very far-reaching goals, sometimes you have to go against the tide, but above all you cannot hurt another person on your way. We must bring up the young generation in the spirit of values and respect for others - said Marlena Maląg.

She stressed that the government, together with local government and NGOs, is creating a broad coalition in favour of families. She added that the government is implementing programmes that are real support for families.

- The most important role of the state is to support parents, because upbringing takes place within the family. State institutions - kindergarten and school - can only support the upbringing process. They absolutely cannot take over this process. There is strength in the family - said the Minister.

During the conference, Minister Marlena Maląg and Children's Rights Ombudsman Mikołaj Pawlak also answered questions from children at Warsaw schools, who wanted to know, among other things, whether working for the government was easy, why they had become ministers and whether they had got good grades at school.