Family Values

1. Family Values Ashley Smith-Maybon & Kylie Travers Alexander Montenegro & Katherine Bravo

2. Introduction.Family values are political and social beliefs that hold the nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society. In today’ s world we need to have some family values that we have to teach these values to our children.

3. Connections between the cultures.. • Communication • Love & Respect • Forgiveness & Honesty • Flexibility • Education

4. Familyvalues. Communication. Love and respect. Sharing. Understandingsensitivity Empathy.

5. Communication • Importance placed on developing communication skills • Good communication skills provide a strong base for healthy relationships • Miscommunication can be detrimental to family dynamics

6. Love & Respect • “family cohesion” • Establish a sense of belonging in a nurturing environment • Underlying message of understanding, sympathy, and empathy

7. Honesty & Forgiveness • Honesty (as well as communication) provides a strong base for healthy relationships • Allows an individual to develop a sense of credibility and thus respected • Forgiveness allows one to unburden themselves of negative energy

8. Flexibility • Flexibility is equally as important within a family as structure • Strive for a balance of the two • The family working as a whole to problem solve can make stressful situations less chaotic

9. Education • Regarded as key to opportunity in both cultures • Provides children with choices (or freedom) and the ability to develop a work ethic outside the home

10. -Tolerance-honesty-Hardwork-Forgiveness Differences in thinks and acts. Beinghonesttoyourself Nothing comes in easy Forgiveforhurt.

11. Flexibility/adjustment: Sense of belongingLoyaltyforlife Understandotherpoints of views. Belongingtothesame. Loyaltyforthefamilythat he ispart of.