Values
We strongly believe in the following values and incorporate them into our system:
- Every child is the parent of the adult they will become: every boy is the father of the man; every girl is the mother of the woman
- Wise investments made to save our children will always be repaid within one generation's time
- By far, most parents love their children and are capable of being the primary teachers and nurturers for their own children
- Just as in other areas of life, parental love and devotion should be culturally cultivated and encouraged. A parent's love can be expressed in many ways
- Parents often need to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of their children
- Parental involvement in a child's school life is fundamentally important to their academic and social achievement
- Communities should take leadership roles in providing positive relationship involvement systems and support providers must collaborate to protect children and families
- Trusting relationships support the ability of families to access helping resources
Optimism, hope and faith should guide our decisions about our children
- Parental authority must be restored in the home and parents must become self-healers
- Often parents need help. Often parents can help each other. Parents and kids sometimes need to remodel their approach to family function
- Family support and service organizations should support the role of parents as leaders of family decisions
- Community and local self-help approaches to remedying social problems are superior to large scale, impersonal approaches
- Optimism, hope and faith should guide our decisions about our children
- Communities should take leadership roles in providing positive relationship involvement systems and support providers must collaborate to to protect children and families
- Toleration and patience is required to manage and groom children
- Humor and cheerfulness create a good atmosphere for learning and growing
- Meet the challenge: everybody can and must be active agents of change and not give in to complacency
- Persistence overcomes resistance. The only way people can be personally fulfilled is to try hard and never give up
- Commitment and resolve create responsibility to stay on the right course
- Community service means every person should find a way to help others. In doing so, they will help their community and ultimately themselves
- We acknowledge the detrimental effects of poverty, racism, and sexism and seek to eliminate their influence in society
A parent's love can be expressed in many ways
- Guided, mentored service to one another can bring out the best in people and maintain their dignity as they seek to solve their problems
- Experiential learning in non-class settings must supplement classroom instruction and curriculum-learning
- Schools need help to enable them to focus on education; parental involvement and school-facilitated after-class programs provided by local collaborators can provide the needed help
"The most powerful lessons about ethics and morality do not come from school discussions or classes in character building. They come from family life where people treat one another with respect, consideration, and love."
Neil Kurshan rabbi, author
- Social ills are both symptoms and causes. They are manifestations, not primary causes. Ultimately, the resolution is personal not social. Every parent must take individual initiative to improve the function of their families.
- Isolation is not privacy: Social isolation is a condition that is the opposite of the lack of privacy. It is when someone cannot find the relationships they need to thrive. It is remedied by friendships, interactive forums, sharing, reaching out, volunteering, and willing participation in group activities.
- Self-esteem, self respect, and interpersonal respect allow people to admit their shortcomings and set about to change
