| | A community college near us offers a class in child development, in which you bring your own children to a nursery school setting and learn something about child development at the same time.
The final project in the class is a "Family Mission Statement," similar in concept to a corporate mission statement. It is a constitution for the family that you can use in decision-making, i.e., is this course of action consistent or inconsistent with the mission statement.
This strikes me as the sort of thing Objectivists might want to do in their own lives, so I thought I would share the concept with you.
My wife asked me to help her with the project and I ended up sitting down and writing a mission statement that she liked and adopted. Here it is. I'd be interested in your thoughts:
LASKIN FAMILY MISSION STATEMENT
Each member of our family strives for:
Health Self Esteem Achievement Happiness
As individuals we will each pursue these values by:
Doing what we need to do for our health
Doing our best at our work (business, homemaking, school)
Doing things we enjoy
As parents we will support our children’s pursuit of these values through:
Establishing rules designed to support the family values
Saying “no” to that which undermines the family values
Teaching
Playing with our children
Always letting our children know they are loved
Knowing what’s going on with our children
As spouses we will support our partner’s pursuit of these values through:
Honest communication
Frequent demonstrations of love
Kindness
Mutual assistance
As children we will support these values through:
Making our education a key priority
Physical activity such as dance or sports
Cultural activity such as music or art
Enjoying television or video games only in moderation
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