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i don't think anybody would let her children learn disrespecting elders.its our duty to keep them on the right track so that they learn the lessons of life properly.

According to me " It is duty of every elder person to teach the childrens to respect others.

I don't get why would children get the idea of mocking the elderly. Or disrespecting them. Unless it's blatantly being shown by their parents. Of course children should respect them! That goes without saying, specially with my children.

Yes glowin100, I do. Respect is a basic human right and everyone is entitled to it regardless of age, social and financial status, school achievement, etc. It's sad to see that most of the young today often forget or choose to forget to say the magic words: Good morning, thank you, bless you, take care, have a nice day, etc. They think that they know everything, while the older generation are behind the times and are not as smart as they are. Because of their feeling of superiority, tmb's(too many birthdays) are left out of their plans and activities and left in a lonely corner. Even if their parents had taught them the value of respect, they choose to forget about it, now that their heads had gotten inflated like a blimp. Parents do their best to educate their kids, but environment, media, movies, peer pressure and other factors tend to distract them and spoil their values. Some of them are more interested in asking, "what's in it for me", instead of "can I help you." They don't realize that before they know it, their time will come. That will be the time when they will know how the geezers felt when they were with disdain by them. I wish you the best in life, glowin100. God bless you, my friend.

Hi glowin, one of the primary obligations of parents is training our children "in the way they should go" we should be our child's best teacher by teach them by example."if we tell our child to be respectful but they see us screaming at helpers, they will end up copying us." While it is true that parents are responsible in providing their children the basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter, it is also our duty to nurture our children's spiritual maturity. above all, our sacred and paramount responsibility is to mold our children to trust in God, inculcating in their minds that His blessings are all they need to be secure in this life. We, parents should diligently teach our children to fear the Lord God.

glowin100 ...all children should respect the elderly. I can't really think of children doing this as much as junior high age and teens. Little ones are usually respectful and curious while the older ones can be more rude and obnoxious..I may be wrong, but this is what I see..

I taught my children that, and now I'm teaching my grandchildren to do that too. When I was a child, it was rude not to respect your elders. You might not agree with what they have to say, but you do still have to respect them. I see so many disrespectful kids anymore, and I do think it's because their parents aren't teaching them this. It's a shame, for sure. It really bothers me when I see members of the young generation being rude, mocking, and being disrespectful to their elders.

I don't have children yet, but I know that when I do I will teach them to respect everybody, not just the older generation. I see so many young people these days being rude to older people and this just isn't on at all. I see young children on busses taking up the seats when there are elderly people having to stand up. This shouldn't be the case, and I would always encourage my children to give up their seats on a bus to anybody who would struggle to stand up for the whole of the journey because they were a little bit older.

I agree with gemma 100%. Children should respect EVERYBODY, regardless of their age, but especially adults. If they do not respect everybody, then they clearly do not respect themselves. The most important thing about repecting others is to first respect yourself!!