Personal responsibility, self-control, honesty, integrity, generosity, and a love for others rank high in our family’s system of values.
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These represent characteristics we would like to see in ourselves as well as our children.
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However, none of these can be taught by lecturing, coercion, or punishment. These characteristics are caught more than taught.
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We can help build these values by living them ourselves and applying them in our relationships as we learn from one another.
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For our family, this means we choose to invest in intentional time together in order to live out and practice those characteristics we desire to cultivate.
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Proximity matters. Real life-on-life learning happens in community as we go and as life experiences offer exercise.
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What characteristics does your family value?
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