Mr Spock đź––Dec 28, 2022

When you make the comment “kids have no respect nowadays,” and I will agree many do not. Ask yourself these questions.

Do I as a parent show my wife/husband respect everyday? Do we talk to each other with respect? Do I treat others with respect? Because this is where children learn respect. What we see in reality are people treating each other like đź’©đź’©đź’©đź’©. Arguing. Purposely trying to hurt the other with words.
If children are not seeing respect. Why do we expect them to know what respect is?

Show threadTwoSlipsAndAGully

@SpockResists Your theme of children lacking respect is not new and has been around for centuries.

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise."

This is frequently attributed to Socrates, but is by Kenneth John Freeman in 1907 according to https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/01/misbehave/?amp=1

He was "... presenting his own summary of the complaints directed against young people in ancient times."

Misbehaving Children in Ancient Times – Quote Investigator®

Dec 28, 2022 at 8:32amWeb
Show thread3wombatsDec 28, 2022
@twoslipsandagully @SpockResists It has always been so