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What are Filipino family values?

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According to Philippine Country, the Filipino culture places the highest value on
family. Children are taught to respect their parents and elders from a very young age.
The father is also considered the head of the family and the main provider.
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What are Filipino values?

What are some positive and negative Filipino values?

What are examples of Filipino values?

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The mother is responsible for instilling values in the children of the home and caring
for their emotional needs. It is also common for Filipino parents to live with their sons
and daughters later in life. Filipino family values also indicate that children are not

permitted to oppose their parents or older siblings. In conservative Filipino families,

children are expected to place an elder's hand to their foreheads and greet the elder
family member by saying "mano po."
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What is the Filipino philosophy?
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Some of the primary elements of the Filipino philosophy, or cultural worldview, are
resiliency, patience, determination and endurance in the face of adversity.This is not,
however, reflected by a need to possess power or exhibit forceful aggressiveness,
but rather it exemplifies the strength of resiliency represented by the Filipino term
"katatagang-loob." The metaphorical use of natural elements, such as storms and
river currents, in Filipino proverbs relating to katatagang-loob represents a kinship
with nature, and it also reflects a worldview in which adversity and challenge are
natural components of the world rather than contradictions.
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What are some positive and negative Filipino values?

What are Filipino values?

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In the Filipino worldview, transience is accepted as a natural and cyclical aspect of

life. As expressed metaphorically in Filipino proverbs, enduring the storm leads to the
relief that comes with the fair weather that will inevitably follow. A more favorable
rather than a pessimistic outlook results from the understanding that the world is
both cyclical and holistic. Neither good fortune nor suffering will be permanent, and
the traits of resiliency and patience are key requirements that are needed to flow with
the world's natural transitions and remain in harmony with them.
One of the core elements of the Filipino philosophy is the need to survive the present
conditions of life, with pessimistic humor if needed, while maintaining a firmly-held
understanding that the transient nature of the world will cause things to change for
the better. This Filipino element of survival, however, is not of the Darwinian "survival

of the fittest" type, but rather it incorporates the elements of non-violence, prudence,
calmness, hard work and co-responsibility. In many respects, the Filipino worldview
draws much from Chinese philosophers such as Mencius and Lao-tzu.
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