Why are the youth growing up nowadays disrespecting their elders?

Question

I remember growing up, my grandmother would d-amn near drag the transmission out the car and beat my a-ss with it if I ever talked back to her. What do you think?

Answer 1

Manner and respect are not taught anymore. When somebody says "please" and "thank-you" it's a rarity, and not the norm.

Our grandparents grew up in hard times (WWI, and WWII, the Depression, Korean War, etc) They appreciate everybody more, and appreciate what they have.

I truly believe in the effort to make it "easier" for our children, we have spoiled them to the point that they have lost respect, don't know how to do things for themselves, and are lazy. They EXPECT things done for them, talk back to everybody, etc.

To find a child that respects his/her elders, has manners, and knows how behave in a classroom is very rare.

Answer 2

Parents arent around to teach there kids manners and to respect others like they did when we were kids.With both parents in the work force today ,,Im not putting the blame on no one I realize in many households both parents have to work but we are taking alot of time away from are kids..Alot of parents are just to tired to deal with there kids its easier just to let things go instead of punishing them..I cannot believe the way kids act today.But we cant just blame the kids look at the home life half of then have out there today.Parents always gone,I dont think families eat dinner at the table togeather anymore..alot different then when I was growing up,what a shame..

Answer 3

Good question, I grew up in a strict household and if I ever talked back to my parents or Grandparents, the'd beat me with a hot iron literally! It's not the first time that youth have done this. Some of us would like to be free minded about certain things that we want to and want the older generation to understand our viewpoints on things, but your right, kids do say the darndest things! lol but sometimes we say things to just get unneccesary attention and to make others mad.

Overall, we do try to treat our elders with respect!

Answer 4

OK.... it all started when the schools pushed this "Don't Talk To Strangers" thing and people started thinking that everybody out there was a pervert who wanted to give kids candy and then molest them.

It's one extreme to another.

But that's why kids don't respect elders any more. They are and have been taught that strangers are dangerous.

It takes a whole community to raise a child (that's a quote from some years back).... but we can't do that any more because kids are afraid of all adults.

Which is why they have no respect for elders.

Answer 5

It is changes in parenting, parents not taking the time to teach their children to respect others. I think it is also somewhat the differences in society today. When I was young I would never have been rude or disrespectful of an adult away from home because they would have called my mom and told her, then she would have kicked my ***. Now if your child is rude to someone in a store or anywhere, you are lucky if they even know who the kid is, let alone who the parents are.
My daughter always is well liked by her friends parents, they always say how polite, respectful and helpful she is. I asked her why she is so helpful when she is away from home and such a snot about helping out at home. She told me she knew that if I ever heard she wasn't that I would kick her butt. Lots of parents don't bother to call anymore to let someone know if their kid was rude while at their home.

Answer 6

Wondering how old you are to ask that question. Just my opinion so don't bash me for this.. I believe politics and laws have a bit to do with it. I am not for BEATING of children but I do believe they need to be put in their place and if that means smacking their mouth or slapping the butt or taking hold and physically sitting them in a chair then it should be done.. Law had to step in because people crossed the line of correcting into abuse. Now the parents really don't have the option to physically correct the kids due to too many abuse issues. Kids today seem to control their parents , the schools and so on.. they know it and use it.. Parents will verbally argue with a child(back and forth back and forth) they count to ten (20 times) ok ok... i will stop.. guess i really didn't answer your question but i sure did share one of my pet peeves... lol take care

Answer 7

Because parents are scared to discipline their kids because of the laws they have protecting children today! It's bullsh*t if you ask me , it's like telling you you spank your child you go to jail or we're taking them from you and putting them in a foster home ! I'm from those days too if my mother or grandmother saw or heard me doing something I had no business doing I would get the living sh*t beat out of me! And I turned out just fine ! I spank all of my kids and if a social worker comes to my door I'll tell her a ss I spanked their a ss and I'll ask her does she want some too!! That's why the world is so f*cked up , and these kids are killing their parents and grandparents and classmates!!Because there aren't any morals in the world and it sad because look at the examples we see everyday on television and when we go outside!! Sh*t is f*cked up!!!

Answer 8

i became into raised to act in this occasion to the cultural standards in society because it teaches to appreciate others, regardless of age. It became into expected of me. in spite of the undeniable fact that, i think some young little ones does not appreciate others in line with age or different factors because of the fact their appreciate has to earned. for my area a great form of little ones have been permit down by the person figures of their lives so as that they do no longer appreciate others in line with cultural factors as older human beings have been lower back in our days. I do believe in an era the place some little ones would desire to be self sustaining from dad and mom and overall performance fashions to no fault of their very own has a extensive enter to whether or no longer they sense they'd desire to appreciate they elders or in simple terms elect to no longer.

Answer 9

With the laws the way they are today, it seems like it's illegal to do almost anything in the ways of discipline. If you even grab them by the arm to keep them from leaving your home it's considered abuse. They can do pretty much anything they want to and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. Then when they are caught doing something wrong, the parents get in trouble for it. All a kid has to do is say you did something to them and then your kids are taken away and your tied up with the welfare system and spending money on the courts to prove you didn't do anything. Parents are afraid to really take control of their children because of the consequences they could face if their CHILD decides he's pissed off enough to really cause them some trouble and the kids know that.I think that it's pathetic that you can't even really control your own children without the law stepping in to tell you how to do it. evidently, this process doesn't work worth a damn. All the gangs in the schools and the teachers are powerless to do anything to stop it. It gets worse every year and the government just can't seem to understand why..hmmm...let's see... Is it because you are a bunch of idiots who are running this country to the ground from the inside out by letting our youth become so vile and heartless without any sense of morality. Desensitized to any normal human feeling by movies, music and video games filled with violence, rape , and murder that is now considered fun for them to watch and participate in on their video games. What kind of people do we really expect to get from this type of participation by our youth?
The scarry part is that they really love it. The more blood and the more people they can shoot , beat or stab to death on their games the more they like it. But everyone seems to think it's all harmless. I would love to have seen the looks of utter disgust on the parents faces if someone would have offered something like that 30 years ago. My god ... It would never have been allowed on a movie screen and definitally not in their homes.
It's just really , really sad to watch your children grow up and begin to hang with new friends and all you can do is stand back and watch them change from what you have tried to instill in them from a very young age , just all be erased with one wrong friend. and once you lose them to that , good luck getting them back , because you're going to need it. I know.... i speak from experience. and it hurts. Please keep a tight rein of your young children. know their friends . Once they reach the pre-teen and teenage years, if you don't have a good grip on them and have them going in the right direction. Someone else will be leading them for you, And believe me.... you won't like where they're going or who they're going with.

Answer 10

Do you think it's because the elders taught them to treat them that way? Don't kids learn most stuff from their elders?

It seems that most elders want to be best buddies rather than people who will teach them how to behave. So, kids never learned to respect but to disrespect. When you add in the divorce impact, well, this amplifies major.