Move over old people

I am now an elderly and I have seen and experienced what you are saying. Many youngsters now do not respect the old people, sometimes they even make fun of them, a very pitiful sight. Although it's true that not all people now have done their best during their youth, this is not the point. Whether they did or not, the old people should be given due respect, that is even commanded by God and it is in the Holy Bible. Even King Solomon stood up when his old mother came to him, not just because she is his mother but because she is already old.

Nowadays, many people are materialistic and don't care about good manners and right conduct. This subject was taught in schools when I was young. Even if we don't know anything about the Holy Bible, this subject supplied our ignorance. We were taught to respect older people and up to now I respect not only the older ones but all in general. I have been very helpful especially to old people as they are pitiful moving around and carrying heavy loads which they could not avoid primarily because they are poor. God hates people who abuse old people. If there's child abuse, there should also be elderly abuse, I mean a law should also be enacted to protect old people.

If the younger generation has lost respect for the older generation, then the middle and older generation have played their part in this. By the way I am in what I consider to be the middle generation, i.e. adult son but not retirement age at this time. We were/are the ones who bought lavishly for the children, taught them they could have whatever they wanted, whether we could afford it or not. Why, because many parents and grandparents will say that they want their children to have everything they didn't have. That is a fine sentiment, but at the same time it does not teach the child that they have to work for things. but instead they come to expect that whatever they want they will get, regardless of how they get it. I believe that the greatest percentage of parents do want to help their children but once they are adults, then it is time to let them stand on their own two feet. How else will they learn to survive in this world, with some balance in their lives that is? Children should be taught from very young their manners, and that includes sending the grandparents (or whoever) a thank you note for a present they receive, even if the thank you is in the form of a drawing. They should be encouraged to not interrupt when people are talking; do not start eating as soon as they sit down at the table; to eat at the table rather than in front of the television; to actually pass things to others rather than throwing it - throwing is for balls. Children should be taught respect, whether it is respecting their elders, their peers, strangers, or the property of others. I might not have done everything right as a parent, but in certain respects I was strict. Those areas were manners, respect, independence, love, trust and loyalty. Our son will tell anyone who will listen that he had everything he needed but not everything he wanted. So all of this is why I say that in many ways the older generations are the reason for the lack of respect that the younger generation shows to them today.

Well somehow I do not agree with you because all my friends respect their parents and take extra care, even my nephew and neice take extra care of their grandmother, so I feel it is a mixed society where good and bad exist together.

i think we should respect the older people....cause they are more experienced than us and this will surely help us in times of problems...and those are the people who have taken care of us when we were young...i think its our turn to take care of them when they grow old

It is very true with what you're saying. When I was in my younger days I wanted to get opportunites that the older generation got. Now that I'm older, I realize that I could have waited a little longer for all things that I now know. Boy was I ever in a hurry!! I look at the younger generation now, I pretty much laugh at them.. because Its so funny when I hear them say to me.. your ancient dude! They truly believe they know more than I do. I pity them!!!