I sometimes wonder if parents do not teach their children what morals are, and how you need to respect people different. I have seen so many parents that allow their children to show little to no respect for elders, authority figures and so on. This rant could go on forever, but to keep it short - have we forgotten how to teach our kids these simple things?
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Children without morals
- Thread starter Randy
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I don't think we have forgot to teach kids morals now days, but it's the things kids are exposed to which makes them act like this, such as video games, movies, music, other adults etc.
Most parents are good, but sometimes you just can't control what kids do and see outside of the house.
Most parents are good, but sometimes you just can't control what kids do and see outside of the house.
I spent over ten years working with a social service agency.
I've heard parents tell staff at the agency that the staff shouldn't tell the client's children no, that they allowed their children to address adults by their first names, that they were their kids 'friend' and so on.
Never mind morals, there is a generation of children out there now without the basic respect for others (and the rule of law) that it takes to build morality on.
I've heard parents tell staff at the agency that the staff shouldn't tell the client's children no, that they allowed their children to address adults by their first names, that they were their kids 'friend' and so on.
Never mind morals, there is a generation of children out there now without the basic respect for others (and the rule of law) that it takes to build morality on.
Smooth said:
+1
I totally agree. If you don't teach kids how to act when they're young, then those habits will carry with them through adulthood until they change themselves (not a whole lot do) which is hard.
When I was younger, I was always taught to respect your elders (I remember once I called my best friend's Mom Mrs. [Name] and my friend looked at me like I was insane and asked who that was, lol. She always called my Mom by her first name), be kind to people, etc., and that is still with me today...
Unlike my other friends that have no respect for anyone or anything.
How unusual is it now to hear yes, ma'am and no, sir from anybody under (pick age at random and insert here) anywhere other than in the Deep South where such things are still taught?
I was never sired so much in my life as I was recently when I had to spend several weeks in extreme southern Mississippi and Alabama.
I was never sired so much in my life as I was recently when I had to spend several weeks in extreme southern Mississippi and Alabama.
I guess society is getting ruder
We still have to use <polite you that does not exist in English for some reason> when addressing our teachers and I'm pretty sure most kids would use it when addressing strangers too. It's pretty rare for it to be used for people you know though, not like it was a few decades back in any case.
We still have to use <polite you that does not exist in English for some reason> when addressing our teachers and I'm pretty sure most kids would use it when addressing strangers too. It's pretty rare for it to be used for people you know though, not like it was a few decades back in any case.
