My Family, My First School of Life

1. MY FAMILY, MY
FISRT SCHOOL
OF LIFE
LESSON 9:

2. CIRCLE AN RIPPLES
The family is as irreplaceable
school in developing, guarding
and transmitting social values and
virtues
The child development at home is
necessary to the full development
of any human person

3. William Makepeace Thackeray
“As our families, so is our society. If
well- ordered, well- instructed, and
well governed, they are springs
from which go forth the streams of
national greatness and prosperity,
of civil order and public happiness”

4. CIRCLE AN RIPPLES
What we learn from the home
early would definitely shape our
personality, behavior and attitude

5. CIRCLE AN RIPPLES
Much of what we are now become
is a product of our experience
from the home is reinforce and
influenced by the various
institution in society

6. CIRCLE AN RIPPLES
Our home indeed plays a crucial
role in molding our persona
We all share a common goodness

7. CIRCLE AN RIPPLES
If we are properly guided, directed,
and thought the right values, and if
we try to the best we can be, then,
we can be true to the very
essence of who we truly are

8. EXPLORING YOUR
CIRCLES
Our first friends
The parent child relationship is so
strong that much of what we are at
present can be traced back to the
kind of experiences we have with
our parents

9. EXPLORING YOUR
CIRCLES
Our parents love remains in spite
of our misdeeds and
ungratefulness
Our relationship with our parents
is the first genuine friendship the
most of us experience

10. EXPLORING YOUR
CIRCLES
Our parents are our best friends
From them, we learn how to face
our first problems
From them, we get most of our
first ideas, habits, attitudes and
emotional reactions

11. EXPLORING YOUR
CIRCLES
They help us learn to conquer our
weaknesses, nourish our
strengths and cope with our needs
We may have uttered these words
with fondness; “My dear, dear
parents”

12. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
Leadership system
Values
Law
order

13. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
As we mature with the family, we
learn how to go through life and
how to act and deal with whatever
we experience outside the home

14. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
How nice it would be if every
family would be faithful to their
love for one another
Would be able to teach that love
can be rightfully transmitted

15. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
A good society, made up of good
communities begins with the good
families
What a beautiful world we could
create with good families

16. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
The birth of a child brings into
being the basic unit of society, the
family
A person will seek perfection and
work out his/her salvation

17. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
It is important that an individual
gets off to a good start
Early home life is also the cradle
of the spiritual life
Free will is concerned there is no
guarantee to a life of virtue

18. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
Families should be more
concerned about making a good
life than making a good living
To wait until the child is “old
enough to make up his own mind”
leads to disaster

19. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
Some parents imagine their
obligations cease as soon as the
child is registered in school and
attends classes regularly
Schools and institutions are mere
supplements not replacements

20. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
If training in virtue is neglected at
home, no other agency can repair
the loss
Most important contribution to the
individual is the church and
society

21. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
A virtues life securely planted in
the heart by careful home training
can withstand the breath of a
thousand frost
“as the twig is bent, so the three is
inclined”

22. SURFING THE WAVES
Different family experienced
Filipino families to have deeply
family affection no matter what
type of family we may have

23. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
Family experiences
Extended family
Adopted siblings
Solo parents (death or infidelity)
Overseas Filipino Workers

24. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
If a child who has hurt someone is
seen as cute rather than in need
of discipline, the negative behavior
can persist
Physical punishment may also
traumatize the child or create
memories of violence

25. BEYOND THE CIRCLES
Important that we be aware of the
extent of learning from them
Let us therefore take a closer look
at our family life

26. THANK
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