Your question has been posed many times on this forum. While I know it's human nature to want a fresh answer to a question, if you spend a bit of time in the archives of this forum via the Search function you will find a whole lot of answers to that exact question.
The basic problem is that your question is almost impossible to answer in a meaningful way because none of us are you. We don't know what you are hoping to get out of the cruising experience, we don't know how you want to cruise, we don't know what's important to you and your family in terms of accomodations, amenities, boat configuration, and so on. Only you can define those things, and those definitions are what are going to guide you to the make and model of boat that will best suit your requirements.
What you'll get from other boaters in answer to your question is what they think would suit them the best. Might give you some things to think about but in the end you're going to have to do your own research and come to your own conclusions.
I personally think the smartest approach is to carefully and thoroughly define what you want to do with a cruising boat and what you would like in terms of the configuration and features you and your family would like your boat to have. These will help you draw up a short list of specific makes and models, and then when you've picked your favorite on the list, charter one for a week and see if you really like it.
That's what we did and it worked a treat. We didn't waste a lot of time listening to what other people thought we should do, we did the research and figured it out ourselves.
I will give you one specific piece of input on one specific make of boat. Unless you like doing a lot of maintenance on a boat, particularly exterior wood finish repair and preservation, do not buy a Grand Banks. If you can afford to keep it in a boathouse or under cover, fine. If you can afford to hire out the brightwork and teak deck maintenance, fine. But if your time or budget or both have limitations, Grand Banks boats are not "use and forget" vessels. And the older they are, the more attention they demand.
Our GB is from the first batch of fiberglass GBs ever made. Its hull is built like a tank (moreso than the later ones) and we've been enjoying the boat tremendously for the last 16 years. But it's a never-ending project in terms of its cosmetics and aesthetics. Fortunately we we enjoy working on it. It's one reason we bought it: it's a giant hobby for us. But it's also a never-ending hobby.