What Happened to Family Values?
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Dennis Prager's latest episode of Timeless Wisdom is a thought-provoking discussion on the often-misused term "family values." As he delves into the complexities of this concept, he reveals how it's been hijacked by politicians and the media, leaving many wondering what it actually means. Join him as he explores the original intent behind this term and how it's evolved over time.
In this episode, Dennis examines the idea that family values are not just about personal opinions, but about the societal implications of marriage, divorce, and relationships. He discusses how the term has been used to bash or defend individuals, often without a clear understanding of its meaning. He also touches on the importance of marriage as a foundational unit of society and how it's under siege from various quarters.
Dennis engages in a lively discussion with his callers, hearing their perspectives on what family values mean to them. He also shares his own understanding of the term, which emphasizes the importance of marriage between a man and a woman as the ideal family structure. He acknowledges that there are variations and exceptions, but argues that the core of family values is about promoting a society where children are raised by married parents.
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| 0:00.0 | Life Audio. |
| 0:04.4 | On today's episode of timeless wisdom. |
| 0:07.4 | Today's subject is family values. |
| 0:10.7 | What are they? |
| 0:11.9 | There may not be a term that is more widely used without a definition than family values. |
| 0:18.5 | I hear the term all the time, and it is used to bash people. |
| 0:24.9 | It is used to defend people, but I never know, and I'll bet most of you don't know what it means. |
| 0:32.3 | The family values, what they really are is it's the political power or political authority emanating |
| 0:40.0 | from the family. That's what I, that's, anytime the, anyone usurps authority from the family |
| 0:47.4 | to make political decisions, basically you're, you're destroying family values. That's coming up |
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| 1:25.6 | Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 1:29.3 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, |
| 1:33.8 | and to purchase Dennis Prager's rational Bibles. |
| 1:36.5 | Go to Dennis Prager.com. |
| 1:40.6 | And hello and welcome to the Ultimate Issues Hour on the Dennis Prager show. Every week, |
| 1:45.3 | this hour, I devote to some ultimate issue. Some great question of life to clarify life for you and for me. |
| 1:54.2 | That is my ultimate objective in any event with my show. I'm Dennis Prager and thank you for joining me. And today's subject is family |
| 2:03.6 | values. What are they? There may not be a term that is more widely used without a definition |
| 2:12.4 | than family values. I hear the term all the time, and it is used to bash people. It is used to defend people, |
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