Reflective Essay On Family Traditions And Values

Each family has their own traditions and values, not even just each family, but each individual person. Most think that the values gained come from the things that happen and the things that a person grows up around. While others believe that deep down these values are already present and the traditions carried out reflect that. The cultural traditions that people partake in shape the values that they hold. Some believe that values are already set deep down in people’s hearts and that the things carried out in day to day life will reflect that. Some also believe that such values do not exist or are irrelevant. According to Sunnova Aoudia “You may not be aware of your own values and beliefs until you are confronted with someone different than you” (Aoudia). Aoudia states

“They are the family's ideas or strong personal beliefs about what is important and what is not,” (Stern.) Families affect the way people believe. What people believe in for the rest of their life often is given to them early on in life by their parents or other close relatives.

Growing up everything a parent does a child copies. If a parent has a certain tradition or belief, then odds are their child will not go against them and will practice that same tradition or belief. One thing people should do is look back on their own life and see if they adopted a value simply because it is one that their parents had and that they grew up around. The traditions of our parents turn into our values.

Both ideas, of whether traditions influence values or that values influence traditions is valid. Each situation is unique, and things will change accordingly. Either side shows that peoples lives are influenced by numerous factors in their life. However, with the information presented the evidence leads to see that traditions previously experienced influences the majority of values that people develop later in