Respecting Your Elders

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AdolfOliverBush

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How many of you grew up being taught to respect your elders? Man, I know I did. I learned it from my parents and my teachers. Til this day, it is hard for me to call someone older than me by their first name. I always say "Mr." or "Mrs.". And if someone has their Ph.D., I always make sure to call them "Dr." because they have earned it (unless I find them out to be a complete moron).

But do you think that kids today are not being taught this? I sure as hell think they are not being taught it. A lot of kids today are so disrespectful, like cussing out adults. I think that parents paint the image that their child is God's greatest gift and the entire world revolves around them while not disciplining their child. These are the parents who say to school administrators "My little Jonny would never do that" or "My little Jonny says he didn't do it, so I believe him". Worst of all, the child is going to grow up without respect for anyone, making it very difficult for them to maintain a job because the boss is a jerk. A lot of bosses are, but you have to suck it up because your family needs to eat (unless the boss is really immoral).

What are your thoughts on this topic?
 
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MOSA

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Yeah! I feel you on that, I was raised that way too. I was also raised that if someone wasnt respecting you then you dont give them respect back regardless of age. Only because the older should be more mature and to make it short lead by example.


I am a respectful person until you cross a certain line. With people older than me , I will give them a benefit of the doubt but in the end (because there are some older people in this world that abuse there power) if they keep pushin then I'll put them in there place kindly.

I have a nephew who kicks and punches his mom and she lets him do whatever he wants . so when he comes over to my house he's all crazy . I told my mom that it's not cool because as His mother she is like "god" to him the controler,the sayer , so if she isnt stepping up to the plate then that doesnt teach him anything , but you can de disrespectful to anyone elses because mommy isnt saying anything about it.

Unlike her he swung at me and I tapped his right back right in front of her she got mad and then I threw him in the corner, but I'd be dammed I was raised not to let a muthafucka put there hands on me . regardless. He hits on my younger sis to ( there the same age).I told her you dont let people hit you , next time knock him straight in the jaw!
 
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AdolfOliverBush

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I had something similar, except it was at work with my bosses' son. He was a wild one, and I could understand that because he was kept in a small pizza place all day long. He was like 6 or 7 and I was 20. He kept hitting me, and after about the third time I told the kid if he hits me again I will hit him back. Sure enough, he hit me, and I smacked him in the forehead. He saw it coming and was lucky enough to move just a little so only the tips of my fingers touched his forehead. He was shocked, too. But he never hit me again.

But yeah, I have so many disrespectful kids that I deal with all of the time because I am a substitute teacher. What they do or say does not bother me, but it shocks me what some of these kids say to teachers and what they can get away with. They are so lucky to be protected by the laws because any kid mouthing off or cussing at me would get decked. You just should not do that to teachers in my opinion.
 
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Being Mexican, I used to get the beat down if I didn't show respect for my elders.
But the hell with tradition, there's a fine line between respect and honesty. I don't beat around the bush and I'll speak down on elders if need be.
I got in trouble when I was younger one too many times for this shit. But it was all worth it, I let my parents know that they are ignorant, hypocrites, etc....
Now it doesn't mean I'm disrespecting them, I'm just tellin it like I see it.
Don't get me wrong, I believe in respect, but I also believe in honesty.
 
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jesse james

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when most us were kids we respected and slightly feared oyur parents............I don;t know about yall but my dad put the belt to me....ouch..................now a days that is abuse ...kids are not fearing shit now.....................
 
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only thing i got to say is i wish my family taught me something , gave me some insight or knowlege , something worth while knowing.im kinda glad they didnt through because there ideas i dont agree with
 
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