Childhood Value Messages
By the time we are about 10 years old, most of our values have
already been “programmed.” Values are taught to us by family
members and friends, through the media, in churches and schools,
and by watching other people. What are the value messages you
learned as a child?
Recall as many values as you can remember hearing as a child,
and write them in the blanks provided below. Here are a few
examples to get you thinking:
“Be nice.”
“You can do anything you want to if you try hard enough.”
“Clean your plate; there are starving children in _______!”
“Making money is the number one goal in life.”
“You always have to tell the truth, no ma
