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Assignment 1: Importance of Family Values

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Assignment 1: Importance of Family Values

Do parents teach their children about the significance of family values? Many parents

have a set of principles they would like their children to embrace as they grow up – family

values. According to Jones (1), a family is the society’s “building block”. So, it must be

established on a set of customs that define it socially and in which the parents transfer moral

values to children as part of their growth. With that in mind, it can be deduced that appropriate

family values are important as they enable a child to grow up rationally. In the next paragraphs, I

am going to demonstrate the significance of family values as a basic foundation by which a child

learns and as a basis for developing strong society. Along with this, I will discuss an anticipated

argument that might be against my perception and then provide my final thoughts.

The first point supporting the importance of family values revolves around their ability to

equip children with the right learning foundation. Children learn from their parents about the

common life traditions they will need to get used to in their lives such as working, playing, and

love (Miller-McLemore, 2). Each of these is essential to ensuring that a child grows up with a

balanced life. In other words, parents should teach their children to create a stable equilibrium

between career objectives, materialism, and money. This way, the children will grow up

knowing that there is time for everything. They will never seem to have much stress and the

bewilderment that comes with pursuing life satisfaction. Hence, they will end up with a happy

family and long-lasting relationships with their future spouses.

Secondly, it is important for parents to teach their children moral values as this forms the

foundation for a strong society. Critically, it is quite easy to mold children into what society

needs than repairing them at an older age after they are broken. This implies that a developing

institution that is strong in values such as schools, churches, and remaining a natural society are
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some of the ways parents can work communally to teach bring up a good society of moral

children. Nonetheless, it should be noted that parents are the learning center for an upright life

revolving around social, spiritual, economic, and educational matters. This renders the

conclusion that the government should play its part by effectively assisting with particular issues

that can help establish a firm society. It can help a parent to build strong families. In the current

world, there are instances where children are brought up with single parents. The secret remains

the same in the sense that as a single parent, there are some values that one believes are good for

his/her children. These are the values that should be instilled on the child to show that you

unconditionally love the child and care about his/her wellbeing in society.

Expected Argument Against my View

As I believe that parents can pas the moral values to their children, a counter-argument

likely to emerge is that ‘it will be hard for single parents to do so.’ This will be based on the

notion that the responsibility of a child is both mother’s and father’s and therefore, with a single

parent there is a learning gap likely to be experienced by the child. In recent statistics, it has been

established that one out of four parents living with a child is single (Livingston, 3). With most of

them being mothers, it is agreeable that passing fatherly values to a son might be hard. However,

there is an element of an assumption that the woman must have known a few of the good morals

her husband had in case he died or they divorced. Therefore, she can keep passing these values to

the child basing in mind that what is most important is having the child understand the values

that define him/her well as a man or woman in the future.

To sum up, I believe strongly that passing family values to a child is quite essential in the

sense that it can help the child become rational as he/she grows and most significantly, it can

lead to the development of a strong society rooted in morality. I have seen parents raise children
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as single mothers with unconditional love one can envy. Such children have ended up in good

careers and strived to emulate their parents. This is the essence of teaching family values to

children.
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Sources List

1. Jones, B. (2018). Family and Family Satisfaction. Social Capital in American Life, 59-72.

doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-91180-9_4

2. Miller-McLemore, B. (2019). Let the Children Come: Reimagining Childhood from a

Christian Perspective. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press.

3. Livingston, G. (2018). Facts on Unmarried Parents in the U.S. Retrieved 1 February

2020, from https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2018/04/25/the-changing-profile-of-

unmarried-parents/