My uncle will not respect my grand mother.

It is very bad to treat old people like that. As we know everybody has to go through the process of aging. Old people had contributed a lot to our society, we should respect them and give them love whenever we can. In schools, I think we should instill the education for that. Merry Christmas to you.

Elders are to be respected but there are some who has no respect for themselves and because of this persons tends to show them disrespect. As to your Uncle and his mother maybe there is a history that which had cause him to be disrespectful too his mother. Although the bible says Children Honor they mother and father it also goes on to say that Parents do not provoke your child. You see children tends to blame their parents when there are negatives in their lives. I myself has gone through hell with my father but I have come to the realisation that in order for me to be bless I have to forgive him. Parents tend to do things in the negative and not knowing that it is affecting the psychological aspect of the child. Some will overcome it while others take it as a burden. Maybe as a concern family member you can sit them down and discuss it with them. Your uncle need to forgive in order to move on. He is only denying his blessing. If the Aunt is in the same mess as well invite her to the meeting. Happy Holidays Kerry

So true. I just responded to a similar discussion. They should be highly valued. I mean they have been through so much. And they are the reason why we are here today. I love to hear them speak because they are so wise. They really make me think. I used to go to an old aged home where my mom worked. It was so cool. Even though they were crazy it was kinda entertaining not in a bad way but still funny. The bottom line is they were young just like us and we would be old as them. How would you feel to be thrown aside?

I feel really bad for your grandmother. I'm glad that you at least respect her and show her respect. It's really sad o see helpless old people being taken advantage of or ignored because they can't help themselves. I hope that people don't take this the wrong way but I think that you have to give respect to gain respect. Just because someone is older I don't think that is a reason to respect them. If that old person is respectful then they should be respected but there are plenty of children in the world who are taught to respect people just because they are older than them and because of that they are taken advantage of. There are many older people who disrespect people around them knowing directly that they are being mean but they do it anyway. I know there are some older people that do mean things or are disrespectful but are only that way because they are old and when that's the case people can see it and ignore it because you see that they don't mean it. I do think however that people can tell when a person is being genuinely mean and hurtful and if a person is being that way to hurt someone else I don't think that person needs to be respected. I'm speaking like this out of experience with my own grandmother. She's spread some very nasty rumors about me that aren't true for I don't know what purpose and it's not like she's one of those old women that just go off because their age has affected their thinking. She can think very logically. I don't respect her because what she did to me shows that she does not respect me. That does not mean that I'll spit in her face or hit her or show her disrespect in that way. I don't speak to her because I don't respect her. I do things for her if she needs something done and I speak to her when I absolutely have to. I don't agree with people hurting, disrespecting, and not caring about older people simply because they are helpless and can't do anything about it though. After a certain age they're like children again that need care. Don't do anything to someone else that you wouldn't like done back to you. You're right, karma can come back to you in your old age.