Does the younger generation these days, respect the wisdom of it's elders?

I'm speaking in generalities here and I know there are always exceptions. I think young people don't even respect elders as people any more, let alone as sources of wisdom. When they think of old people, they think of people out of touch with the world. We live in an increasingly youth oriented world and few of them ever think that one day they will be old, too.

As kids they do mix and mingle with the elders but when they are able to go on their own there is a sudden change in attitude and the elders are left high and dry with a hope that they will come back and be with them asking questions. That day will never dawn!Nor will they give credit to those who helped them be where they are today.

Absolutely not from any youngsters that I've been in contact with. I don't think they realize that we've been through just about all of the trials and tribulations that they have and that we do remember what it was like.

I feel so old when I hear myself complaining about the "youth of today". I feel like I have turned into my parents! YIKES! I think they're like any generation though, some are respectful and learn from their elders and some aren't. Unfortunately at my work place they hire a lot of nursing students for the summer and I find that the majority of them just don't care and seem to have the attitude that they already know it all. They have very poor work ethics and most of them don't have a clue about dealing with the elderly residents let alone showing respect to them or us older staff members. Honestly I don't even know why they get hired there as they have no clue as to what the job is all about and they think that just because they've sat in a classroom for a year or two they know all there is to know about the job, when what really matters is hands on experience. I was orientating a nursing student the other day and she had never even SEEN a hoyer list let alone know how to use one...but she knew everything about everything. It's always a very l-o-n-g summer working with these young people with attitude. On the other hand, being a parent, I hope I have instilled in my kids, age 23 and 26, the importance of respecting the wisdom of their elders. While there is a certain amount of truth that respect is earned, not bestowed, there is also such a thing as respecting fellow humans.

I don't want to be a brat, but I suppose "us" as a younger generation are simply doing what your generation (perhaps 70s/80s have done; rebelling against specific things, your generation may be of the Vietnam War, or probably the Afghan war, ours is separate, but at the end of the day, is essentially the same. Some of us do take it for granted we have technology and new gear to look forward to, but do not "tread" on us; not all of us think it. The stereotype that teenagers are a threat to society has typically been given by the media. If I say so myself, I blame the media for this. Hope this helps.

This is a question i have been researching this myself. I am not even that old, and i see the change in respect. There isnt anymore. I never hear anyone correcting a child when they say "What" instead of sir or maam...jus simple things like that are null and void these days. Everything i learned i learned from my elders because that all i knew..and jus from the last ten years, america has done a 360..before long..relationships will have no meaning..because no one is there to tell you to work it out..children having children..and grand parents are in their thirties now..so wisdom and real knowledge is almost extinct..

Unfortunately it's pretty rare. With all the Keeping Up With The Kardashians or Jersey Shore hype, our generations pretty much changed. I don't know, I hate the fact how kids these days differ than what they were in the 80's or 90's.