What we learn from our families in childhood serves us throughout our life. Families guide personal growth and education, while offering love and protection. When families are strong, our neighborhood is strong, our nation is strong, and we can be more hopeful about the future. Values shape what we perceive. They influence our goals, the alternatives we select, and the ranking of these alternatives.
Values are a consistent response to situations with common factors.
True values are principals and ideals you live by. Sometimes this is because we don't know any other ways, or because we haven't stopped to think about the motives or reasons for the things we think, say, or do. Values are a part of our experience. They contribute to that experience, and they affect our behavior.