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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1997
Page
12
The Gazette teams with three authorities on family matters to explore how parents can teach core values across six weeks. Topics cover peers, time and money limits, media influence, stepfamilies, outside authorities, civility, teen rebellion, single-parent dynamics, and practical methods for guiding children.
Jerry Christensen of Lutheran Social Services of Iowa outlines practical strategies for parents to instill core values in children. He emphasizes consistent modeling, age appropriate conversations, and routines that reinforce kindness responsibility and respect in daily life.
Jerry Christensen, center director for Lutheran Social Services of Iowa in Cedar Rapids since 1979, argues that parents and others should actively model values like respect, responsibility, and caring to counteract violence and disrespect seen on television. He recounts his prior work in protective services and counseling.
Kristi Cooper outlines six core values from the Josephson Institute and offers practical teaching ideas. Focus on trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship through modeling, discussion, family rules, and shared experiences with community involvement.
The Gazette profiles diverse Iowa families from Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Springville and Amana across nine installments from April through June. Each feature highlights how parents and grandparents teach responsibility, spirituality, time, sacrifice, and work ethic to children amid unique life circumstances.
A summary of core values including honesty integrity promise-keeping loyalty respect responsibility fairness consistency caring consideration citizenship and related behaviors. The list cites voluntary adherence to truthfulness, principled actions, reliable promises, courteous treatment, nonviolence, accountability, excellence, self-control, impartial decision making, openness, due process, compassion, altruism, civic participation, lawfulness, environmental protection, and community service.
A panel discusses how families and communities must reassess priorities to instill lasting values. Kristi Cooper and Aaron Green argue for conversational skills and work ethic while Doug Freitag notes erosion of honesty. They warn against chasing status over children’s character and urge shared responsibility across family, church, and school to shape the next generation.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co notes a study of thousands of surveys and interviews showing family values bind families, guide life, and support society. Core values include respect, caring, and responsibility. Parents can teach them through thought and clear communication despite challenges.
Cedar Rapids area committees rooted in churches seek common values beyond honesty and responsibility. They find friendliness and neighborliness lacking, prompting sessions with churches social agencies businesses and civic groups to craft a values list and plan implementation.
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