January 2021: Knowing Our Personal Values, Helps Us with Decision Making
January 2021: Knowing Our Personal Values, Helps Us with Decision Making
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I like to think of personal values as a compass for behavior. If we know our values, we can make choices with confidence. Knowing our values helps us feel empowered when faced with challenge or strong feelings.
What does it mean to “be yourself?”
What does it mean to “fit in?”
Is it easy or hard to “fit in?”
What do you do if you don’t “fit in?”
These are questions our 4th and 5th grade students are exploring. Knowing one’s values may help people choose “good match” friends. It may help them be flexible in their friendships and resist peer pressure.
Students will explore a list of values. They will choose their top value and be able to discuss how they use that value to help them make decisions. Student will understand that their friends and family may have different top values. This understanding will help them gain empathy and perspective. Students will also understand that values change over time.
FAMILY FOLLOW UP:
Ask your child to share with you their top personal value and how they plan to use it to make decisions about friends and other behaviors.
Consider talking about your own personal values and your family values. How do they differ? How are they the same? Share with your child how your family values guide the expectations in your home.
Below are a list of personal values to guide your discussion.
ACCEPTANCE – AUTONOMY – ADVENTURE – ATTRACTIVENESS – AUTHORITY – AUTONOMY – BELONGING – CURIOSITY – CHALLENGE – COMPASSION – COOPERATION – COURAGE – COURTESY – CREATIVITY – DEPENDABILITY – ECOLOGY – FORGIVENESS – FAITHFULNESS – FAMILY – HONEST – INTEGRITY – SELF-ACCEPTANCE – GRATITUDE – JUSTICE – SELF-CONTROL – SIMPLICITY – WEALTH
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