What are the three most important values a child should be taught?

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Answer 1

love
respect
honesty

Answer 2

1.] self respect: this leads to respect of others and the recognition that some people that they will meet will deserve none.and that at all ages you must be held accountable for your actions.
2.]love of life and family even if the "family" is of no relation, and that there is more good in this world than evil
3.] that with study, hands on instruction, experience, and just plain hard work any obstacle can be overcome allowing for time, and that everyone can go from hero to zero and back again in a new york nano-second [ this teaches that a serious job can be completed without taking the "self" to seriously]

Answer 3

1. Compassion. Teaching children to have empathy towards all living things.
2. Sense of Appreciation. Appreciating everything they have and not taking anything for granted.
3. Knowledge. In the forms of formal and informal education.

By having these three attributes, this child will grow up to be a person that can use knowledge mixed with a compassionate heart to care for his/her surroundings, not taking anything for granted, but accepting and be content with what he/she has and thus reducing the consumption drive and be willing to help others who are in need.

Answer 4

To realise that everyone in the world is equal - women, men, girls, boys, black, white, atheists, believers and so on. This means getting rid of the current wave of Islamophobic hysteria the media is hyping up for a start.

To foster a passion for learning and to encourage creativity that many western school systems have sadly eradicated in the last 30 years. This means investment in education and encouraging girls in African nations to go to school.

To have a feeling of self worth and self respect. The UN charter on the Rights of the Child didn't go far enough and wasn't signed by all nations, particuarly the US as they are still executing under 18s. In many countries slapping and smacking of young people is still common place; only in some EU countries it has been outlawed. If we want our young people to respect us we have to respect them.

Answer 5

Respect

Honesty

Responsibility

Answer 6

Honesty

Respect

Modesty

Answer 7

1 Respect
2 Honesty
3 Enjoy Life

Answer 8

Responsibility-- A child should learn they have responsibilities. They must follow the rules, do things for the world and for those they love, take care of their pets and their property. Responsibiltiy is one of the most important things to teach a child.
Compassion-- A child needs to know how to put him or herself into other people's situations, to understand others' feelings to avoid hurting others and to help others and the world. This is also a good beginning for love and ties into the other values.
Caution-- Perhaps most imortant is caution. Children must learn to assess situations for danger and possible problems to avoid running into trouble. This is good in both hazardous situations like dealing with strangers and normal situations like deciding how to go forward on a school project.

These three values will get children far in life and help them to become responsible, mature adults.

Answer 9

The three most important values a child should be taught
are :
Faith
Respect
Honesty

If a child is taught these basic things the rest should
fall into place.

Answer 10

all of my children have been taught the same way as i was..respect for your elders( aka oaps/senior citizens/teachers /police etc)..I'm proud to say that none of them have caused a policeman to knock on the door .they do not throw rubbish in the street,always putting it in a pocket until a bin can be found or they bring it home( this is a bit of a prob with my 10 yr old as he picks ups rubbish in the street and keeps bringing it home even had a chair!!) honesty,politeness ,caring for others and the environment,they all hold doors open for people (including mums and dads with buggies and the same for the more senior persons) will help older people carry shopping,and give up their seat on the bus for pregnant women(of any age) and seniors..they my pride and joy..they also do not swear in public(10 yr old not to that stage yet!!) and the oldest two would not hesitate to help someone in difficulty(ie being mugged etc) so yep I'm real proud of them all ..mum and dad taught me right from wrong and they in turn have been taught the same way..my eldest is raising her two exactly the same way..old fashioned?? maybe..but manners cost absolutely nothing do they? except maybe a couple of min's of their time..proud as punch of them all...pity there are not more parents like my mum and dad..and children like mine would like to think the world would be a better place if their were..

Answer 11

Just so you know, I am *not* clicking on your weblinks on principle, your question is WAY too spammy....but.

I'd teach Honesty....be real and tell the truth, with yourself and others. Denial may make the world go around, but it also hurts a lot of people in this world and we just do that way too much. So knowing the truth as best you know it and applying it to yourself as well as others is the deal.

I'd teach Thoughfulness. Use the head you were born with for something besides growing hair. Think. Preferably before you do or speak! Try to figure out ahead of time what the *consequences* of your actions are, both short and long term, both locally and in the Big Picture. Can you do this always? No, but some folks *never even TRY* to do this, and it shows in the way people just sort of lurch through life doing and saying whatever the TV told them to *this week*. That has to change.

And I'd teach Altruism. Putting the needs of others before your own. Taking a hit for the team: your friends, family, peers, your neighbors, or just other people who need some sort of help in life. Teach people to give to one another and to try to solve each other's problems. Because the alternative, a society where "helping each other" is called "cheating" from grade school on up, and where folks are *so* selfish, *so* cutthroat* and so competitive, is getting us all killed....and for what? So the richest of the rich can make a bit more money, so the Champion of Champions can get *one* more accolade that just collects dust in the trophy room?

I mean, I am sorry to go off on a tangent here, but this is *ONE* big reason why "respect" is not on the list. And why I am not being lazy and using the "respect *for*...." copout and using one value to substitute for three (think people! Do you want your kid growing up *so poor* that they only have ONE value to their name? Because if that ONE value fails....all is lost, right?).

Respect isn't on my list, because I am *not* going to teach my kids to *blindly* respect all authority, and to *blindly* respect someone so selfish that they basically have it ALL in a world where so many others have NONE. I mean, being good at what you do is one thing, being the best at what you do is one thing....

but being so cutthroat that *nobody else* gets a chance to even get in your game is quite another. And that isn't about skill, that is about a *cancerous* degree of selfishness that warrants respect from NO ONE. That isn't about truth, that is about *ego*.

But I digress....point is, I'd teach kids to be honest (*especially* with themselves!), to *think* before they do as much as is possible (consequences!), and to put others *first* as much as possible (Greed is NOT Good! And why it's been treated as not just "Good" but as the ONLY "Good" for the past 26 years is lost on me!).

Hope this helps....and I hope you can trim that *Ego* back, "Dropping Knowledge", the questions are good, the spam, not so good. :)

Have a good one!