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family values

American  

plural noun

  1. the moral and ethical principles traditionally upheld and transmitted within a family, as honesty, loyalty, industry, and faith.


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After months of rumours about a rift, 26-year-old Brooklyn Peltz Beckham claimed his family "values public promotion and endorsements above all else", and that brand protection went too far.

From BBC

He says his family values "public promotion and endorsements above all else".

From BBC

"My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first," he added.

From Barron's

When I was in college in the 1960s, the conventional wisdom was that the rise of feminism and antimarriage attitudes would undermine “family values” in the college-educated elite but marriage would remain strong among working-class Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Aside from the horse, the wolf is probably the four-legged animal most associated with the mixed American mythos of rugged independence and family values.

From The Wall Street Journal