Family Values Cards

How to use it

1. Sort cards privately into important, maybe, not important to me, and unsure.
2. Choose whether to share any cards and notice both overlap and difference.
3. If you want, describe one behavior that could express a selected value without requiring everyone to agree.
4. Keep individual values visible alongside any shared choices.

Reflection prompts

• Which differences deserve respect rather than resolution?
• Could the same value look different for different people?
• What choice would protect individual autonomy while supporting household life?

Facilitator guidance

Prevent majority rule, parent-led correction, or pressure to endorse a shared identity. Values are directions, not tests of loyalty, morality, or family membership.

Adaptations & accessibility

• Allow private sorting with only optional summary sharing.
• Use images, examples, translation, or AAC alongside abstract value words.
• Reduce the deck and add blank cards for culturally or personally important values.

Review considerations

Standard licensed-clinician and family-systems review required before use.