No More Respect

I think it is getting worse instead of better as well due to most of the people who are not showing any respect towards others are the ones now raising New children as well, and it makes you wonder where Society and parents failed in teaching kids to respect others, adults, authority, etc. Too often you see many of these kids running wild and just doing what they want too and when someone tries to repremand them they take it wrong and act up even worse, and many times some of them will end up in gangs, etc. in the process as well.

Yes, I have the same feeling recently. In my home time, we always said please, excuse me, sorry at the begaining of the talk but now young people just think about themself and didn't pay any attention to others. Together with the economy progress, the social just focus on how to earn more money and less education for all-around development.

Hello Gspice, I thought I was the only one feeling this, I was going to talk to mylot, and hoped I would get some responses,that might just lightened the load. But the very thing that is going on with me at this exact moment,is the very thing you hit on. So at least I know that I am not alone. RESPECT, goes a very long way.Glad I read your post, I really needed it. It was on time. I feel so much better. Thanks loads, popciclecold

I don't really agree. I mean, things certainly are different now than they were in the past. Basic manners like please and thankyou are still pretty standard, although I do see your point. I don't really perceive it as people being less respectful, though. I think it is more that our society is less formal than it used to be. People in the past may have appeared to be more respectful, but a lot of the time maybe it was that they just followed the customs of the time, not that they genuinely felt more respect towards others. It's hard to say, though. But then again, look at how human rights issues, or the treatment of women and minorities has changed over time. I think that shows an improvement of respect toward others, although admittedly in a different way.

I agree with you, I am 34 years and I think I was raised with good values, and amkes me sad for the people of my age, or larger that has no values in life. The young and young almost unaware of most securities, and if others were watching him like a stranger. this world is becoming more confused, in a whirling wheel of consumerism and get things without thinking about others, just themselves. I think that is the cause because they are losing these small values of education as asking permission, please, thanks.... Dear friend thanks for you post!

I guess most people have too much going on to say things like please and thank you. People are rushing to work, others are rushing to school, others just don't feel like being nice. People still say please and thank you, but every day there's less and less. But I think the world has always been like this. Not every body says please and thank you and the people that do get tired of saying it after a while because no one responds positively.