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September 5, 2008 at 5:36 pm #637378
CaduceusMemberBringing up Family Values and a Presidential Candidates is silly.
Presidential Politics is on an international stage, specifically for picking the president I.E. The international face of this country (and should be nothing more.).
Maybe it was all Palin’s daughter’s idea trying to protect her mother. We don’t know, we’ve never gone and actually asked her, and I’m sure if we did she wouldn’t answer.
Judging a politician based on what you perceive their Family Values seems to be is silly. Perhaps one Politician hits their kids(open hand). And perhaps those kids deserve it? Maybe they steal, and assault old ladies, we don’t know.
But to answer the question at hand. My family values are simple or complex depending on which version you’d like to hear. :P
Basically I recognize all of us living here on this planet, therefore we have to harmonize to some degree or we slowly fall apart (hmm). So in that sense we’re all family because we all rely on everyone else in order to simply survive.
Trust, Respect, Honesty, Encouragement, Support, Discipline, Guidance, and Independence are my family values. And that is what I give and expect to and from everyone I meet.
September 5, 2008 at 5:44 pm #637379
JoBParticipantA thoughtful non-political personal definition…
and one i would have to say fits with my values as well.
September 5, 2008 at 7:52 pm #637380
acemotelParticipantCharlabob says: I believe family values, as discussed in the United States today, are an artificial construct invented by the right to marginalize people they don’t like. The things you mentioned originally are valid and good (and obvious?) The reason we digressed into definitions of family is because that’s where the marginalization occurs.
What a great post, Charlabob. It goes to the very heart of the issue.
September 5, 2008 at 8:10 pm #637381
addParticipantI also agree with charlabob’s comment that the phrase “family values” connotes an artifical construct, so in my mind JoB’s question is more along the lines of “what are your family’s values?”. How could all people (or even half the people) agree on one definition of “family values” when families and values are so widely varied??
September 5, 2008 at 8:42 pm #637382
CPMemberI guess I was always taught that raising a child had to do with teaching them the tools they need to make informed decisions on their own. Your values can be influenced by your family, but I was always encouraged to buck my families values and discuss them if I’d like.
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