America’s family values are very important to our citizens. For manyyears the American family and its values have been one of the top priorities ofour nation. The family is even an essential part of the American Dream thatwe Americans are so fond of. The basic idea of success in America is measuredby how well one can provide for their family. But what does citezenship have todo with family values? It determines these values and set a standard for thewhole of America’s people. Family values are of the utmost importance to theAmerican citizen.
Family values are basically the core of our way of living. They havebeen important since, and even before, the very beginning of our civilization,and certainly since the founding of the United States of America. Theoriessuggest that even the primitive caveman was very loyal and respectful to hisparticular family unit. People of our time have followed these beginnings ofthe ideas of family values and citizenship up until the present day. Todayhowever people are more diversified and separated in their ways but they allshare similar values of the family. A nation, being of mostly sociallycompatible people, functions in a similar way as a family.
The nation selectsits national family values by legislation which becomes law. Civilization,over time, has brought about values which have become essential to all. Family values have brought considerable amounts of happiness onto usthroughout the course of our history. Where would we be without love andcompassion? We would probably be in worldwide chaos if there still even was aworld left. People would only regard each other as just mild acquaintances,there would be no friends, lovers, or married people anywhere without suchvalues. All people desire family values, such as love, care, intimacy,acceptance, commitment, and shared responsibility.
This is why people from allreligious, political, and social persuasions say our society needs family values. These are the arenas in which families interact, based upon their mutualcommitment to the greater good, practicing, imparting, and celebrating truefamily values. Family values’ attributes to citizenship are very meaningful. For thegreater common good a society must have adequate family values to prevent chaos. America seems to be gradually losing these very important values which are ofimmeasurable cost. This loss is due to a reduction of morals by our society anda brainwashed acceptance of what we know is clearly wrong.
It is one of acitizen’s most important duties to uphold family values. Failure to do so mayresult in an incalculable loss such as the destruction of a society we havestrived so long to build. This is one of the primary reasons for the downfallof the Greater Roman Empire. The loss of society’s values gradually weakenedand disassociated them to the point that they were overran by a weaker power.
To preserve our society we, as citizens, must uphold our family values. Family values are the very fabric that holds our society together. Wehave had them since the earliest society on our Earth. They have provided aclear outline for religious, social, and moral values throughout history. Theyhave formed a basis for our governments and cultures.
It is of the utmostimportance that these values are preserved for the sake of society and thecommon good of all men.Category: Social Issues .
