What is Value? The definition of value depends on the individual and what the individual intends to achieve. According Oxford Advance Learner Dictionary it defines Values as “How much is worth of a thing”, “Beliefs about what is right and wrong”, “What is important in life”. This article will focus directly on the place of values in our society. The Place of values in our society today is in a mess, most especially our family moral values in a shamble. We live somehow today in a society that have no respect for values.

Consequently, the lack of respect for values has contributed to the following decays in the society:

1. Marriage disorder.
2. Divorce.
3. Child abuse.
4. Abortion,
5. Pornography,
6. Sexual Abuse,
7. Women Assault,
8. Child Abandonment,
9. ****** in Public

All the above can be traced to lack of respect for values. Look at this:

1. What we value we Respect
2. What we value we Defend
3. What we value we Protect
4. What we value we Honor.

How much does our FAMILY, our MARRIAGE, our SPOUSE, our CHILDREN, and our LIFE WORTH TO US? If we value our family we defend it from external forces. There are foxes out there to tear our families apart. The only sure guard is the place of value in our family. If we value our spouse, we respect his or her opinions and views. If we value our children we protect them from assault, abuse and abandonment. If we value our dignity as a woman or man, we will avoid shameless acts and honor it. If we value our matrimonial home, we protect it from invasion. If we value life, we will not encourage abortion and promiscuity. If we value our life, we will not destroy it with hard drug and dangerous substances

What we don’t value, we treat with levity and keep careless. No wonder the rate at which divorce, abortion, child abuse , women assault, **** is quite alarming. Once people begin to show respect for values in their cultural, educational and social system our society will be a better place to live without any fear of insecurity.

By: Nicholas Anyanwu

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