{"id":188,"date":"2013-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/the-value-of-family\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:26:24","slug":"the-value-of-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/the-value-of-family\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value Of Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

When talking of the value of family there are many things to consider\u2026.<\/i><\/strong><\/h2>\n

These days, family has a different meaning than 50 years ago and this is mostly attributed to the fact that there are so many more broken families than back then and the consequences of that are not that the value of family<\/b> has been lost but that it has taken a different stance. This may or may not be a good thing, I guess the opinion depends entirely upon your own experiences of the value of family<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 1960s one income families were the norm as were families with more than two children. Mothers were expected to stay at home and look after the house and children and perhaps do volunteer work in the community, there were, of course, exceptions to that rule but no where near the volume compared to what is our reality today in 2013. The 1960s were also the beginning of a more aggressive move for women entering the working world and taking on the mantle of \u2018equality in all things\u2019, the male dominated corporate world began seeing a strong female influence and as the years progressed and the rise and fall of economy resulted in a higher cost of living, more and more families become two income families and the dynamics of the value of family<\/span> began to change again.<\/span><\/p>\n

I remember living in small country towns where the whole community looked out for each other and the feeling of family was not just confined to your own but resonated throughout the whole town. You could always rely on your neighbours for a hand and knew them well and you could not get away with much without the whole town knowing. There was trust and friendship and togetherness and the value of family<\/b> was high. These days there is a distinct air of mistrust, it is not uncommon for people to live years in a neighbourhood and not know who their neighbours are.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the pressures of society continuing to force families into situations that are less than ideal, we find a new brand of \u2018family\u2019 emerging. More and more people are needed to help those in need not only financially but emotionally and physically. With two parents working the need for outside help in a lot of families is needed more and more, families become disconnected and struggle to be there for each other. Children search for support in other areas and in a lot of cases this support is not always beneficial, the value of family<\/i> is blurred. <\/span><\/p>\n

We can argue that the cause of the change in meaning of the value of family<\/span> has to do with the economy, the rise in the standard of living, education, lack of resources, lack of finances etc etc, but in reality it is our own values that have changed and if we want to preserve our own families and restore trust, faith, hope and dignity then we must first look at ourselves and our own actions towards those that are most important in our lives. Lead by example and this will spill over into our childrens and grand childrens lives, be a good supporting neighbour and community friend but be true to yourself and the natural result will be a considerable improvement in the value of family.<\/b><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When talking of the value of family there are many things to consider\u2026. These days, family has a different meaning than 50 years ago and this is mostly attributed to the fact that there are so many more broken families than back then and the consequences of that are not that the value of family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":585,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,110],"tags":[482,483,484],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-people","tag-families","tag-family","tag-the-value-of-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/leanneopthoog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}