Values influence how we view the world. They are what help us make decisions and what generally shapes our behavior. Our values have a powerful influence on our personality and how we judge people and our surroundings. They are what we see as important in life, as well as knowing the good from the bad and right from wrong. Google defines values as “the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something,” and “a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.” Many people have the same values but in a different priority. But, many people just simply have different values all around. Whether good or bad, to one’s standards, everyone has values. But where do we learn these principles and standards? Where do our values come from? What really shapes them? How can these values be tainted? Can these values change? This research will be focused on the influences of family and society as factors of how we learn values, how values can be tainted, and how values can change. Since values are one’s judgment of what is important in life, one can conclude that these values first generate in the home. Parents, or caregivers, teach their kids what was taught to them. When we are born, we are not instantly instilled with a pack of values ready for download. They are taught to us, showed to us by example, and reiterated to us over a long period of our lives. There are two ways children learn values: they are taught directly and see it by example indirectly. One direct approach is in the fact that many families are grounded in some kind of faith or philosophy, and teach it to their children. Another direct way many parents directly teach their children values are in t... ... middle of paper ... ... against what they were once taught. Family and the society we live in are two of the most influential forces that drive the growth and practice of our values and beliefs. As we see, values can easily change if not firmly grounded. In children, the growth and practice of said values and beliefs start in the home with family. Family is the root of where values begin. If the parents are unsure of their values, most likely their children will be too; therefore, this will make their kids more susceptible to the negative ways of thinking and confusion of their personality; this is possible. When they become teenagers, the values they thought they were strong in, could easily change or become tainted if tested or put under pressure. Jon Stewart said it best when he said, “'If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.”
Values -Everyone has them. Where do those values come from? In literature, one can find the answer to that question by taking a close look at characters and their values. They can be compatible to real life experiences. Look at the two stories, "Abuela Invents the Zero" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. The main characters in the stories are Constancia from "Abuela Invents the Zero" and the Four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth from Little Women. These two stories demonstrate how Experiences can shape, and change values.
I believe that values are taught and learned at an early age. If the teaching is successful, as it was in my case, the student should hold true to the values that he or she was raised with. Everybody is raised with different values, whether the difference is religious, moral, or social, and they should all be respected by others. I will not change or alter my values because they are very important to both my family and me, and I firmly believe in them.
"A value determines what a person thinks he ought to do, which may or may not be the same as he wants to do, or what is in his interest to, or what in fact he actually does. Values in this sense give rise to general standards and ideal by which we judge our own and others conduct; they also give rise to specific obligations” (CCETSW,
What are family values? One hundred years ago I feel this would have been an easier question to answer than it is today. Changing family structures and social norms have created a more fluid form of what we envision as a family. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines a family as both “a group of persons with common ancestry” and as “a group of individuals living under one roof.” As we have discussed in class, a family is not simply nuclear anymore. In the stories we have read we have examined nuclear, single-parent, extended, and community-based families. All of which held the same feeling of importance and love for the people in it. With every family being unique, each holds their own set of beliefs or values which poses the question, what
Understanding where one’s natural impulses come from may be difficult to understand without looking at past generations and family history. Knowing that generations before us helped shape our development is important to note. Generational trends can help explain the importance of said values. Through analysis of my cultural genogram I found that many of my core values came from my Mexican culture, despite having had great exposure to values established by the dominant culture here in the United States. I found that my family over many generations regarded familismo, respeto, religion, and work ethic as highly important values. It is important to deeply analyze where these values came from, how they may be oppressed, and how
Values, although tend to be stable, they can be changed or can be developed because values have cognitive, affective and behavioural components (Baillie & Black, 2015). Potter and Perry (2014) added that values influence behaviour basing on a conviction that a certain action is right depending on the given circumstances. Culture, society and personality were identified by Rokeach (1973, as cited in Baillie & Black, 2015) as key precedent of human values. Furthermore, as a person becomes more aware of and reflective about him/herself, he/she can consider to change his/her value set and will also result in modifying his/her attitudes and behaviour. By understanding one’s own personal values, he or she will become sensitive to the values of others. Values are important in nursing and health care as they strengthen all aspects of professional practice, including decision-making (Baillie & Black, 2015). The key factors influencing values in nursing include professional education, training and
Throughout history we have seen that family values have been one of the most important aspects of societies around the world. Although these values may be different from one another, we can see that it is a ma...
In many homes parents establish moral assumptions, mandates, priorities. They teach children what to believe in, what not to believe in. They teach children what is permissible or not permissible—and why. They may summon up the Bible, the flag, history, novels, aphorisms, philosophical or political sayings, personal memories— all in an effort to teach children how to behave, what and whom to respect and for which reasons.
Throughout high school, my values played a key part in the examples I set and the actions of the people I was around. For instance, one of my best friends wanted to steal a small item from a store in which we were shopping. I informed her that I simply would not allow her to so something like that while I was with her. I could not control her actions when I was not there, but I would alert someone if she decided to follow through on her plot. In this instance, by asse...
Children begin to form new beliefs and ideas of their own, the family influence is still there, but just not as strong. Also, peers become a major influence on a young person's thinking. To express their newfound values a child will often go through a stage of rebellion where they reject a lot of their parent's values. This doesn't mean that they have taken on a whole new belief system. It just means they are expanding the values, thinking, and belief system from the home with new ideas and thoughts. The country where you are raised is one of the major influences on a person's values and thinking process.
Nothing is a better experience for a parent than watching their child grow into who they were taught to be. It turns out that 66% of parents intend to and do raise their children with the same life lessons, good or bad, that they were exposed to when they were young (Murray). Raising a family requires values, which evolve into ethics, and are crucial to a successful family. This shows that values are what keep the family in their desired lifestyle. Diversity of values in American families, through morals and tradition, is key to what makes this country so unique.
During the Ancient Greek time period when educators like Plato and Aristotle advocated for the education of young children, Dever and Falconer (2008) stated that these philosophers shared in the belief that educating children was, “… important to a society’s strong moral fiber.” (p. 4). I am in agreement with their theory because there have been many modern day studies on how education has reduced the negative behaviors of our youth today. Dr. Robb (2008) talks about some of the studies that have been conducted on values education programs which are geared toward educating troubled youth and they got varying results. In his conclusion of the studies he states, “The evidence is not clear-cut: some studies showed the effect of values education to be only short lived (six months).” (Robb, 2008). The proof that Plato and Aristotle’s theory does work is in the results that the programs, like values education, do work no matter how short lived the resul...
Understanding who we are as individuals can be a struggle for people throughout life. It can be difficult to comprehend who we are and why we exist. There are daily outside influences that help create who we are and what our values are. Values play a significant role in our lives. They shape the choices we make and reveal a big part of our identity to the world. Some values may be more important than others, but they still manage to influence our lives in one way or another, whether we know it or not. Values can range from a tangible item to an idea that has influenced us to stand by and remember those values. The values we hold with the highest importance act as a guide and help us prioritize our purpose and goals in our daily life. My family has taught me a list of values and traits that have helped me become a well-rounded individual. I value my family more than anything because most of my core inner values have started from their teachings at one point or another. My top values that I have developed from my family are dedication, honesty, and wisdom. I will discuss who I am in terms of the important values that shape my personal belief system and decision making framework that, in essence, describes the direction of my life.
During everyone 's lifetime, there is always something we hold closest to our hearts; it maybe our principles we live by, values, and even our own beliefs. Values are those things that are very important to us but never really realize how much we actually value them in our life. Have you ever been asked to define three of your main values and rip them up? I have and I never noticed how much they meant to me. Each and every one of us believes in our own personal values. These values are what gives us strength and strive us to do what makes us happy. These values are very important to us and are standards that we live by whether we realize it or not. Everyone has something we value including me. Some of the values I might think highly of,
My values were all influenced by my parents. The only one that I had to