Where love lives: family values and traditions were discussed in BSUE

What is meant by family values today? How can they be preserved for future generations? The participants of the youth forum “Where Love Lives: Homeland, Family, Traditions and Me...”, which was held today, October 22, at the Belarusian State University of Economics. The discussion was attended by students and cadets, experts and representatives of public organizations, writes sb.by.

Participants talked about family as a space where people learn love, trust, respect and responsibility. Deputy Chairman of the Republican Public Association "White Rus" Andrey Basak drew attention to:

- Family is the most important and necessary for a person. It is in the family that traditions, attitudes to people and business that accompany us all our lives are laid.

Dean of the Faculty of Accounting and Economics of BSEU Svetlana Matalytskaya is sure that it is not enough to talk only about values. An important role is played by joint holidays, meetings at the same table, common habits:

- Family traditions shape us and guide us. Even the usual dishes that our grandmothers and parents cooked become part of the memory that we want to preserve and pass on to the next generations.

For Valeria Guetta, a BSUE student, family is primarily about love, trust and responsibility for each other. The girl said that she dreams of creating the same strong relationship as her parents in the future:

- I wish my children had before their eyes the same example of love, trust and mutual responsibility. It is important to celebrate holidays together, to gather at the same table - this helps to maintain cohesion.

BSEU student Mikhail Yakushev named support, mutual assistance and responsibility for their actions among the main family reference points:

- My parents have always supported me, so I want to be a supporter for my loved ones.

Separately, the forum participants discussed how to talk to young people about family values without imposing a ready-made life scenario. Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Ideological Work of the Scientific and Pedagogical Faculty of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Philip Nekrashevich emphasized:

- Such meetings are needed not to tell young people how to live, but to make them think about how they will build their family and their future.

After the opening of the forum, the participants continued their work on thematic platforms. They participated in debates and quizzes, discussed the role of the family in human life, the importance of traditions and ways to preserve spiritual heritage.