Family values are alive and well in Britain today with table manners, respecting your elders and being honest and truthful, emerging as the most important principles that we now abide by. And according to our new research, social media shutdowns have also now found their way into the modern family home.
Our study of 1,500 young parents, has looked into the moral and practical guidelines set by British families today and revealed a host of 'old fashioned' values which are still very relevant.
According to 76 percent of British adults, table manners are the most important value that we can teach our children, followed by being honest and truthful (73 percent) and respecting your elders (69 percent). Regular quality time together (49 percent) such as eating together also made the cut.
But while 69 percent said that the values they grew up with as a child still resonate today – a further 75 percent claim they have created a 'new set' of family values which fit with modern life, as well as complementing those that they were raised with themselves.
Modern day family values include the importance of recycling (53 percent), the importance of healthy eating (48 percent), no iPads or iPhones at the dinner table (46 percent) and respecting other religions and cultures (44 percent).