Tradition supports the family's sense of generational
continuity.
Social and cultural awareness can provide sanctuary for education, law
enforcement, science, sports, health care, religion, and more. They
encourage the evolution of concepts, principles and systems that
civilizations need to make life livable and enjoyable. Awareness includes
what is wrong with the way things are, as well as what is right.
Values are what it's about: the bottom line. Values, however, are a mixed
bag, and passing them along through stories, lore and memoirs is a
matter of memory, selection, circumstances, and emphasis. Values might
include: stimulating a sense of self-esteem in others; consideration for
another's sensitivities; respect for life; repairing Planet Earth; knowing
the differences between pity, sympathy, compassion, and empathy;
striving to be honest and fair; and respect for institutions and laws but
being willing to act within the law to change those no longer suitable for
the common good. Grandparents (and parents) often prefer to stress
personal proclivities and biases in passing along family values.
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