'Family Values'... What Does That Mean...

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  • BlockheadBlockhead Posts: 1,538
    aerial wrote:
    Yes of course I vote....Glen Beck is on to something...if he was lying there would never be so many people hating on him.....
    Why do you vote? You just said that politicians can not be trusted...
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    HeidiJam wrote:
    aerial wrote:
    Yes of course I vote....Glen Beck is on to something...if he was lying there would never be so many people hating on him.....
    Why do you vote? You just said that politicians can not be trusted...

    Well only the ones he doesn't like ;)
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I don't know what family values mean either. It seems like a lot of families that support "family values" are no better than anyone else.

    It's kind of like the terms "open minded" and "progressive" from the other side. They don't mean anything either.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • SmellymanSmellyman Asia Posts: 4,524
    aerial wrote:
    Yes of course I vote....Glen Beck is on to something...if he was lying there would never be so many people hating on him.....

    I think you're right!

    http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/glenn-becks-final-swan-dive-deep-end

    What a LOOOON
  • It means that the husband and wife are 2 entities united by marriage. The marriage is now the entity which must be nurtured. This is agape love. Sacrifice for the marriage or don't bother taking hat route. Children are not the center of the family. The marriage is. The children learn to love by witnessing the father love the mother and have high standards for themselves when getting into a relationship. The children have approval that they don't need to seek for the rest of their entire lives. They know them are loved because they are disciplined and rewarded when appropriate. The whole family has roles and responsibilities that are understood, respected and followed. This is what I think of Family values and I firmly believe that this would solve most issues today.
    TDR
  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Sounds nice, but the history of divorce rates says the opposite.. that people and families don't value marriage.
    It means that the husband and wife are 2 entities united by marriage. The marriage is now the entity which must be nurtured. This is agape love. Sacrifice for the marriage or don't bother taking hat route. Children are not the center of the family. The marriage is. The children learn to love by witnessing the father love the mother and have high standards for themselves when getting into a relationship. The children have approval that they don't need to seek for the rest of their entire lives. They know them are loved because they are disciplined and rewarded when appropriate. The whole family has roles and responsibilities that are understood, respected and followed. This is what I think of Family values and I firmly believe that this would solve most issues today.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • KDH12KDH12 Posts: 2,096
    It means that the husband and wife are 2 entities united by marriage. The marriage is now the entity which must be nurtured. This is agape love. Sacrifice for the marriage or don't bother taking hat route. Children are not the center of the family. The marriage is. The children learn to love by witnessing the father love the mother and have high standards for themselves when getting into a relationship. The children have approval that they don't need to seek for the rest of their entire lives. They know them are loved because they are disciplined and rewarded when appropriate. The whole family has roles and responsibilities that are understood, respected and followed. This is what I think of Family values and I firmly believe that this would solve most issues today.


    Your comment is over simplified IMO

    First Children ARE the center of family.... if the family chooses to have children, if children are not in the picture it is usually the elderly parents that become the center of the family. My wife and I did not get married until our first child was almost 2. She was the center of the family before and after we got marriage. I often argue the objective of marriage is to survive raising children.

    Children do not learn to love by watching the father love the mother primarily, however modeling is part of learning. My parents hated each other and I still learned to love. Children learn to love by being loved, experiencing the feelings of love and being loved by their caregivers (which does not have to be a paternal parent). In the case of the parents it starts the minute a child is born and bonding with the mother. Discipline and rewards might teach love, that is debatable, IMO they teach boundaries (ie right and wrong) and love comes into play when you experience feelings of love regardless of what you do.... unconditional love.

    Where this falls into family values I am not sure and it is too hard to say because what a families values differs too much between individuals and cultures. The right/wrong, the family roles/responsibilities, expectations, communication and even expressions of love differ widely among cultural norms.

    That said maybe we can say that adhering to one's own cultural norms is what family values are.... but that is also over simplified.
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Cosmo wrote:
    aerial wrote:
    Just an opinion...everyone has one
    I don't care who hates him...some people don't want to know the truth...so be it
    ...
    Please... don't take this personally... and I apologise in advance if I insult you... which I really am not out to do...
    But... is it just me... or are the dumbest people around us the ones who tend to say, "Some people don't want to know the truth"... like they are the only ones who know the truth?
    I mean, I look long and hard for The Truth... and have been looking for it for at least a decade and a half... and I rarely find it. I find a lot of beliefs and opinions... some half truths and a ton of lies... but, not a whole lot of truths. And trust me... the LAST place you will find the Truth is Television.
    Anyway... i just had to say that. Carry on with your... whatever it is you do...

    Totally agree. Truth is very rarely...if ever...absolute.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    FiveB247x wrote:
    Sounds nice, but the history of divorce rates says the opposite.. that people and families don't value marriage.
    It means that the husband and wife are 2 entities united by marriage. The marriage is now the entity which must be nurtured. This is agape love. Sacrifice for the marriage or don't bother taking hat route. Children are not the center of the family. The marriage is. The children learn to love by witnessing the father love the mother and have high standards for themselves when getting into a relationship. The children have approval that they don't need to seek for the rest of their entire lives. They know them are loved because they are disciplined and rewarded when appropriate. The whole family has roles and responsibilities that are understood, respected and followed. This is what I think of Family values and I firmly believe that this would solve most issues today.

    But one can hardly argue that the scenario described is a bad one.

    People are just too selfish to make it happen.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Well it's not about good or bad necessarily, this discussion turns more into a debate about what some find acceptable or reasonable... but when it comes to living our lives, who are we to tell others how to act in ways which don't harm others? Different strokes for different folks you know.
    know1 wrote:
    But one can hardly argue that the scenario described is a bad one.

    People are just too selfish to make it happen.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
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