Deeply Embedded Values-Your Foundation

Written By Annabelle Knight

What are your values? What do you value? What are your shared values?

Have a conversation with your partner about what matters to you both. It might help to explore this question. What do we want our family to be like, sound like, feel like?

In 3 years' time, if we were feeling good and functioning well. What would be happening?

Align your values, expectations and vision for the future, what it looks like will evolve as you grow through parenthood but your values remains steadfast.   

  • How will you make this happen? 

  • Model what you want and what you expect

  • Live it now

  • Be firm, kind and consistent- think about boundaries as your child grows. What might be cute for a 2 year old, often isn’t at 4. 

  • You and your partner are co leaders of your family and your children have wonderful insights so the earlier you can involve them the better.

  • As your children get older Family Conversations/Meetings are amazing, everyone has a voice and it is not only equitable but also collaborative.  

Do any of these resonate with you? Some suggestions might be;

In this family 

  • we speak to others with kindness and respect.

  • we are interested in others. Smile and ask, “How was your day?”

  • we pack up what we have been using 

  • we help each other

  • we share the workload

  • we respect others belongings, toys, books, artworks

What are your Family Agreements?

Families are systems and aligned values, beliefs and behaviours build your family culture and make life much easier to navigate.  It’s just the way we do things around here.

 

Annabelle Knight
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