Moral Values Offer Household Tranquility

My wife Gwynelle and I have always espoused the need of moral values for household tranquility. Everyone must have one clear set of rules telling them what they can do and cannot do with no one exempt. Thus, the moral values are not altered each time someone wants to go against the family values.

A few moral values that Gwynelle and I have in place are:

• Unmarried couples cannot sleep together
• No heavy alcohol drinking over children – wine at dinner is okay
• No illicit drug use
• Children do not back talk parents
• With children you say what you mean and mean what you say
• Never argue with or denigrate your spouse in front of children
• Only discuss household problems with children when they need to have understandings of changes in the family’s socioeconomic situation
• No smoking in the house
• No profanity
• Attend some house of worship on Sunday

Our family and friends know of our moral values, so we do not have folks attempting to circumvent them. Visitors understand that Gwynelle and I are uncompromising when it comes to adhering to our moral codes.

Gwynelle and I have found over the years that people visiting our home seem to relish the tranquility. We run a very low stress home where every day is like being on vacation. I am excited to see Gwynelle come home. I start to worry if I think she has encountered a problem. We try to resolve problems before they become major crises.

Thus, the moral values are the glue that holds a household together for everyone knows where he or she stands all of the time. Moral values should be slow to change because they are the underpinnings of your household culture. Never fool yourself into believing that racism and bigotry are household moral values because you are simply justifying hate which may undergird the seeds of dysfunctional tension leading to fissures in your marriage.