family values
plural noun
: values especially of a traditional or conservative kind which are held to promote the sound functioning of the family and to strengthen the fabric of society
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This is also a good time to affirm your core family values. 
Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Nowadays children are targets of social control threw computer games, social media, music and tv programs that promote violence, destruction of family values and against God. Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2022 But the subsequent national conversation in Mexico after their recent school shootings, including one in 2020, has focused on the erosion of family values, mental health, and the corrupting nature of violent video games. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2022 But Sullivan, a youthful telegenic candidate, sought to bill himself as an untainted political outsider who pledged to restore family values and parental rights. Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2022 Enduring and strong family values, and forward-looking family governance, known as the House Law, are among them. Lgt Bank Contributor, Forbes, 1 June 2022 At least the former is a strong leader who understands that a country gets ahead through blue-collar grit, family values, and developing an efficient laser-beam-tentacle-to-organ-harvesting-cauldron pipeline. Teddy Wayne, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 For some Republican voters, the primary was animated by fears that traditional family values and a white American culture were under attack by far-left Democrats, establishment Republicans and elites. New York Times, 3 May 2022 Only this time instead of holding up Denmark as an enviable welfare state built on hygge, healthcare and family values, the new season offers more pessimistic views on climate change, geopolitics and oil. Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 5 June 2022 See More
Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Nowadays children are targets of social control threw computer games, social media, music and tv programs that promote violence, destruction of family values and against God. Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2022 But the subsequent national conversation in Mexico after their recent school shootings, including one in 2020, has focused on the erosion of family values, mental health, and the corrupting nature of violent video games. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2022 But Sullivan, a youthful telegenic candidate, sought to bill himself as an untainted political outsider who pledged to restore family values and parental rights. Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2022 Enduring and strong family values, and forward-looking family governance, known as the House Law, are among them. Lgt Bank Contributor, Forbes, 1 June 2022 At least the former is a strong leader who understands that a country gets ahead through blue-collar grit, family values, and developing an efficient laser-beam-tentacle-to-organ-harvesting-cauldron pipeline. Teddy Wayne, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 For some Republican voters, the primary was animated by fears that traditional family values and a white American culture were under attack by far-left Democrats, establishment Republicans and elites. New York Times, 3 May 2022 Only this time instead of holding up Denmark as an enviable welfare state built on hygge, healthcare and family values, the new season offers more pessimistic views on climate change, geopolitics and oil. Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 5 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1912, in the meaning defined above