This article reveals the importance of the principles of Christian ethics in the practice of family education, the interaction of parents and teachers in the process of education and the formation of the system of moral and ethical values of schoolchildren. The questions of raising the family moral and spiritual values of the students are considered. The role of the family in the process of educating the moral and ethical qualities of the younger generation is substantiated. One of the most important tasks of national education at the present stage of development is the approach to the spiritual foundations, ways of orienting the person in the system of values of mankind and motivation of life aspirations and prospects of self-realization of the young person. Today, the problem of education and the process of forming the value system of schoolchildren deserves special attention, as they are on the verge of life and professional choices. Studying the achievements and experience of folk pedagogy, Christian ethics in matters of family education and the formation of a system of values is fundamental to designing the future in the modern young generation. Analysis of recent research and publications. Philosophers, thinkers and educators of different countries and epochs studied the problem of upbringing the system of values of personality (N. Berdyaev, P. Blonskii, K. Ventzel, A. Dukhnovich, Y. Komensky, A. Makarenko, V. Sukhomlinsky, K. Ushinsky, P. Yurkevich, M. Stelmakhovich, etc.) The pedagogical aspect of instilling students spiritual and moral values in the framework of family education is disclosed in the works of Yu. Azarov, S. Akutina, A. Boyko, E. Bondarenko, A. Makarenko, A. Mudrik, V. Sukhomlinsky and other domestic and foreign scientists. Thus, the purpose of the article is to study the application of the foundations of Christian ethics in the practice of family education. As you know, Christian ethics is an ethics based on the natural, social facts of morality, as well as God's revelation of man's moral truths. The most important moral principle of Christianity is love, which manifests itself both in relation to people and in relation to all living and inanimate. So, today, increasingly Christian ethics is seen as an important factor in education and the formation of a sense of love and moral qualities of younger generations.