2. In order to protect the family, the state is particularly charged with: a) Promoting the social and economic independence of households; b) Promoting the creation of, and guaranteeing access to, a national network of crèches and other social facilities designed to support the family, together with a policy for the elderly; c) Cooperating with parents in relation to their children’s education; d) With respect for individual freedom, guaranteeing the right to family planning by promoting the information and access to the methods and means required therefore, and organising the legal and technical arrangements that make it possible to exercise motherhood and fatherhood with awareness; e) Regulating assisted procreation in such a way as to safeguard the dignity of the human person; f) Regulating taxes and social benefits in harmony with family costs; g) After first consulting the associations that represent the family, defining and implementing a global and integrated family policy; h) By concerting the various sectoral policies, promoting the reconciliation of work and family life. Article 68 (Fatherhood and motherhood) 1. In performing their irreplaceable role in relation to their children, particularly as regards the children’s education, fathers and mothers have the right to protection by society and the state, together with the guarantee of their own professional fulfilment and participation in civic life. 2. Motherhood and fatherhood constitute eminent social values. 3. Women have the right to special protection during pregnancy and following childbirth, and working women also have the right to an adequate period of leave from work without loss of remuneration or any privileges. 4. The law shall regulate the attribution to mothers and fathers of rights to an adequate period of leave from work, in accordance with the interests of the child and the needs of the household. Article 69 (Childhood) 1. With a view to their integral development, children have the right to protection by society and the state, especially from all forms of abandonment, discrimination and oppression and from the improper exercise of authority in the family or any other institution. 2. The state shall ensure special protection for children who are orphaned, abandoned or deprived of a normal family environment in any way. 3. Labour by minors of school age is prohibited, as laid down by law. Article 70