The general mission of the Boy Scouts is clear: "To instill values in young people".
"I've tried to instill values: to work hard, make money, be a good citizen," Ms. Giraldo said in Spanish, which Mr. Arbelaez translated.
But her husband left after the birth of their youngest child, and hers were the only guiding hands left to instill values in her children.
Their clubs are not the richest, and they might have to sell key players, but they do get time to instill values.
In previous generations, parents worked to instill values, such as self-reliance, individual strength against crowd behavior, and that old one, "Do unto others".
If you have no answer to that question, you might want to glance at one of several recent books that teach spoiled, materialistic parents how to instill values in their spoiled, materialistic children.
Those who knew Mr. Tirado said he spent a lot of time with children in the neighborhood where he died, playing basketball and trying to instill values in the young people.
They understand that when families aren't there to instill values into their children and to their neighbors as little league coaches, as good neighbors, as fathers and mothers being part of the community, that the neighborhood is not safe.
Orchestras and music training centers around the country were established to occupy young people with music study and to instill values that can come from playing in ensembles: a sense of community, commitment and self-worth.
Now in my 48th year of teaching, I have tried to instill values greater and more important than a college's dining hall menu, and clearly my students know that "bling" does not cut it in the classroom nor in life.
Since becoming boss he has appointed outside directors to the board and brought in the Reverend David Miller, a Yale Divinity School professor, to help instill "values".
