What is Value? The definition of value depends on individual and what the individual intends to achieve. According Oxford Advance Learner Dictionary it defines Values as “How much is worth of a thing”, “Beliefs about what is right and wrong”, “What is important in life”. This article will focus directly on the place of values in our society. The Place of values in our society today is in a mess, most especially our family moral values in a complete shamble. We live somehow today in a society that have no respect for values where unimaginable things are happening.We trash important things of life into trash bins.
Consequently, the lack of respect for values has contributed to the following decays in the society:
1. Marriage disorder.
2. Divorce. .
3. Child abuse.
4. Abortion,
5. Pornography,
6. Sexual Abuse,
7. Women Assault,
8. Child Abandonment,
9. Nudity in Public

All the above can be traced to lack of respect for values. Look at this:
1. What we value we Respect
2. What we value we Defend
3. What we value we Protect
4. What we value we Honor.
How much does our FAMILY, our MARRIAGE, our SPOUSE, our CHILDREN, and our LIFE WORTH TO US? If we value our family we will defend them from external forces. There are wild animals out there to tear apart or eat up our families. The only sure guard is the placing value high in our family. If we value our spouse, we will respect his or her opinions and views. If we value our children we will protect them from assault, abuse and abandonment (leaving in outer darkness and cold). If we value our dignity as a woman or man, we will avoid shameless acts and work towards making it honorable. If we value our matrimonial home, we will protect it from invasion (women who loves to destroy the peace and joy of marriage). If we value life, we will not encourage abortion and proscumnity. If we value our life, we will not destroy it with hard drug and dangerous substances
What we don’t value, we treat with levity and keep careless. No wonder the rate at which divorce, abortion, child abuse, women assault, killings, and rape is quite alarming. Once people begin to show respect for values in their cultural, educational, family and social system our society will be a better place to live without any fear of insecurity.