Values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of human life are social values ​​and norms. Especially social values ​​and norms are unspoken rules. Which can be observed from the daily behavior of people. Social values ​​and norms are put into practice by the society as guidelines.

This is also why people follow social values ​​and norms that require them to get along with other people around them. Social values ​​and norms are shared norms or ideas that guide members of an established group, which are then put into practice. Those standards are based on social values, from which society expects the desired behavior. Social values ​​and norms also guide and control human behavior. It also includes social norms. Standards are also the rules we follow in our daily lives. Especially these rules are closely related to our culture and values. Social norms differ from society to society and sometimes they can be different even within the same society. 

Respecting and honoring those who are older than you, loving, caring for, helping the younger ones, respecting guests, raising your voice on behalf of those who are wronged, not discriminating against anyone is a positive aspect of social values ​​and recognition. There are various social values ​​and beliefs working to keep the society running. Those values ​​and beliefs include marriage and family. As the society progresses, cultures are also added to it. From that culture, we have to search for new, fair and egalitarian social values ​​and recognition. 

Following social values ​​and norms, this lifestyle becomes a lifestyle over time. Some of the harmful values ​​and beliefs have even been eradicated after the level of people's consciousness and voice of opposition. For example, the practice of Sati in Nepal. Yes, once upon a time slavery, feudalism was also a social value and recognition in the world. Some social values ​​and beliefs can be harmful to us and our society. Which is providing reinforcement to power imbalance, discrimination and social inequality. Social values ​​and beliefs should be up-to-date, but even though the world has progressed a long way in development, a developing country like ours is still carrying age-old social values ​​and beliefs.  Called

, social customs are learned in childhood and enforced throughout life. Examples are gender values ​​and norms, values ​​and norms of violence and values ​​and norms of sexuality. Social values ​​and norms influence many aspects of life. Social values ​​and norms determine the unwritten policy of how we speak, how we dress and what we believe in social issues.

There are various customs that are continuing even at the present time, they are going on as social values ​​and norms. Take child marriage. Children are considered children under the age of 18 by law. In Nepal, there is a law that you can get married only after reaching the age of 20. But if you go to the health post and take a look, the group of 16/17-year-old girls who have come to vaccinate with young children in their hands can be seen as large. If you go to one of the villages of Madhesh province and ask the youth there, 'What customs are going on in your village', the answer will be dowry system, child marriage, banning of daughters, witch system, caste system. There are similar practices in other provinces as well. But it can be seen from the data that these social values ​​and beliefs are more prevalent in Madhesh. 

Child marriage is one of the practices that continue to be perpetuated by social values ​​and beliefs. Early marriage has adverse effects on health. On the one hand, the body parts are not well developed, on the other hand, the risk of giving birth to another baby is also the same. Adolescents who marry at an early age are also less financially involved. Along with child marriage, the dowry system within it also forces girls to live a life without a family after marriage. 

When discussing the challenges caused by child marriage with experts in the related fields, the immaturity of knowledge, dowry being viewed as a responsibility, parents' desire to quickly escape from responsibility, and distance between parents and daughters are prominent. Social norms are considered to be the root of child marriage. It is the leaders of the society who participate in the marriage of the girl child and have a feast. There are also those who say that the representatives do this because they are afraid of losing votes in the elections. Another important thing is that our society is still unable to accept love and love marriage. In the absence of positive changes in social values ​​and beliefs, emphasis on physical construction over social in the working style of local bodies can also be considered as a problem. It is said that silence of the educated people is one of the reasons for the continuation of values ​​and beliefs such as child marriage and dowry system. 

Harmful Values ​​and Beliefs

The practice of traditional and current harmful social values ​​and beliefs should be taught in educational content. There should also be periodic investigation and reporting of instances of harmful practices. The relevant bodies formed for the change of social values ​​and beliefs should also be mobilized effectively. Sometimes even the religious leaders should be trained about change and transformation according to time. 

Identifying discriminatory policies and changing such policies is also a major task of transforming social values ​​and norms. Women teachers can be the bearers of transformation of social values ​​and norms of our society. But for this, those women teachers themselves should be aware and change-oriented and should be role models. On the one hand, social values ​​and norms such as child marriage should be stopped, while on the other hand, it seems that girls who have been child married should also be included in things such as education.