What are Traditional Values?

You’ve probably heard the phrase “traditional values” being thrown around the internet here and there. When we talk about traditional values at Lamp Post Parcel, we don’t mean women who work as housewives, farming, baking bread, and serving in the home. While all that is wonderful, it’s much deeper than that. The values we’re talking about are what much of America’s historical culture, morals, and principles are deeply rooted in since its founding, and have sustained societies for millennia. 

What are Traditional Values? 

Traditional values refers to the long-held belief in the nuclear family, which consists of one man, one woman, and their children. Men are men, and women are women, there are no in-between genders. While people who support Wokism may claim that you need to be specially certified to correctly talk about gender, nowhere in the Bible does it say you are required to obtain a degree in biology to be able to point out gender differences (which are obvious in and of themselves). Facts are facts, regardless of someone's so-called professional degree, emotional opinion, or desired reality on the subject. 

                Why do Traditional Values Matter?

Traditional values aren’t some outdated concept from ages long past. Traditional values (which are deeply rooted in Christianity) are in fact what America was founded on! The traditional family unit (one man, one woman, and their children, biological or adopted) is the basic building block of society. How so?

 “The family has all the characteristics of a government and mirrors church and civil governments”:

• Rulers (parents/elders/magistrates)

• Subjects (children/members/citizens)

• Law (rules/ordinances/legislation)

• Discipline (correction/restoration/punishment)

• Inheritance (legacy/reconciliation/peace). 

DeMar, Gary. God and Government. American Vision, 1982, p. 25

         

The family is in many ways the heart of society - it’s the first form of government, and acts as the basic model for larger governments, all of which stem from this fundamental model.

The family unit serves a very vital role in society. When families break down, communities break down. Children are left without guidance and a sense of purpose, the principles and things their ancestors worked so hard for are forgotten, and the foundation of society crumbles. 

The external state of society and the culture are a reflection of the state of the family unit and its religion.

When men and women step into their God-given roles, the family thrives; and when the family thrives, society will follow suit. The decline of the family unit has largely facilitated the fall of modern society. This trend, or more specifically this religion called Wokism, which aims to blur the line between male and female, is a very large contributor, whether it’s through gender theory, radical feminism, or the redefinition of gender itself, the fact remains that God created men and women distinctively different in a multitude of ways: physically, hormonally, psychologically, and in regard to their roles.

    The Importance of Male and Female Roles

   The Man 

From the beginning, men have been called by God to be the protector, provider, and spiritual head of their homes. Let’s just point out the obvious for a second; men naturally have a biologically stronger build (and often can endure stressful situations for longer durations of time than women can), and as such are to protect their households, not only physically, but also financially and spiritually. 

Not only are men naturally hard-wired to perform in this way, but it is what God has called them to do. He has biologically hard-wired men this way so that they can uphold their responsibilities in this area better. 

Now, this doesn’t mean women are prohibited from contributing to, for instance, financial needs, but it’s important to understand that God has set a heavier responsibility over the man to provide and protect.

None of this is to say that the male sex is “better” than the female sex; the point is that man, as the appointed head of the home, will ultimately be held accountable for the health, well-being, and state of his home.

 The Woman

Women are not naturally wired to be family protectors as men are. Men have higher levels of testosterone, a major sex hormone in men, which helps give them the aggressiveness, confidence, and determination to protect.  

The role God has set over women, on the other hand, is more-so to nurture, to be a caretaker, and to serve as the heart of the household. This doesn’t mean husbands can’t be caretakers or nurturers, but again, women are more naturally wired to this in most cases.

These roles, far from being oppressive, create harmony and balance in the family structure! In our modern day, many people are obsessed with being victimized, and they will use God’s ordained roles for men and women and label them as “oppressive”. The fact is, God created men and women wonderfully different, and each can do things the other isn’t built to do! Only women can give birth - men cannot. The differences and strengths between male and female are wonderful and to be embraced!

      Conclusion

Here at Lamp Post Parcel we feature books and authors who hold traditional values. We curate clean book boxes for families, teens, and young adults, with these traditional family values at the heart of our service. 

We love fiction books, and fantasy is a genre that often portrays themes well such as loyalty, honor, courage, friendship, and the battle between good and evil. Great stories have ways of teaching these values and principles in a way that keeps the mind engaged but also provokes good thought and discussion.  

At Lamp Post Parcel we hold to the belief that there are two distinct genders, male and female, and that the nuclear family unit is biblically founded and vitally important to a healthy culture and society.

Our audience is rapidly growing, and that’s because there is a gnawing hunger for the “old” and traditional values that used to be the common standard (which are biblically derived); standards that made culture, society, families, education, and everything else good and beneficial, thrive. 

You may be here because you hold traditional values and are tired of running into woke, LGBTQ+, vulgar language culture, and highly sexual content (spice and smut included), which has caused so much brokenness in youth and society as a whole.


Lamp Post Parcel is more than just a clean book box subscription service. It’s a movement. A movement which aims to revive and preserve the nuclear family and traditional family values. A movement which aims to preserve and promote amazing and wholesome fiction literature that families and youth can enjoy, without repeatedly running into the anti-family Woke agenda.

Join us on this mission to make book boxes great again!