Principles for Kids

Seven Principles for Kids

We believe that each and every person is important.

We believe that all people should be treated fairly and kindly.

We believe that we should accept one another and keep on learning together.

We believe that each person must be free to search for what is true and right in life.

We believe that all persons should have a vote about the things that concern them.

We believe in working for a peaceful, fair, and free world.

We believe in caring for our planet Earth, the home we share with all living things.

At the UUA General Assembly in June 2024, UUs voted to replace existing Seven Principles and Six Sources language in our bylaws with language describing Unitarian Universalism through these shared values, all centered around love.

Youth Shared Values

LOVE: Love is the force we put at the center of our Unitarian Universalist faith. We are a tradition centered on love- not romantic love, but rather the love we have for our world, our community, and each other. Love connects us and runs through all our other values. 

JUSTICE: Our work to make the world a better place and to make sure that we are all welcome and heard and part of making decisions- that we are all in the circle together. And that we work to dismantle racism and counter injustice.

 EQUITY: The value that we are all in this together and deserve to all be included and cared for in our community. Equity means people get what they need to feel like equals. 

TRANSFORMATION: Celebration of change, and how we can help create change, adapt to a changing world, and grow spiritually. 

PLURALISM: The joy of our shared differences, and practicing listening to each other and learning from one another.

 INTERDEPENDENCE: Interdependence, our UU value that teaches us how we are all connected in the web of life, and how we have a responsibility as Unitarian Universalists to care for and appreciate the web of life. 

GENEROSITY: We use what we have to help each other, and work together for a better future. We share things like faith, presence, and resources.