Respect........

[michel]

Where do we learn about respect ? - I am not talking about respect for people, but mainly for people's possessions.

I was out walking, and passed a lady who lives very near the park; she was brushing the concrete around the garages (Flats) - and muttering something. I stopped and asked her what was the matter - and she told me how the 'young people of today' have no respect. Every Saturday and Sunday morning, she has to brush away the broken glass from the concrete before getting her car out - the glass is there because drunk vandals enjoy smashing bottles and glasses on that drive.

Not only that, but there is Grafiti spread over the Garage doors - just after they had been re-sprayed. As I walked home, I came across a 'for sale' sign, which had been planted infront of a house; some lout, the previous evening had pulled it out and left it strewn on the pavement. I moved it, as I always do, thinking of someone with little sight walking on the pavement.

I baulked at the 'young people of today' comment - because that was obviously unfair, judgemental, and I am sure that the younger people on the forum would'nt behave that way. But it did make me think. Why do some of the young have so little regard for other's property?

 

[fromthe heart]

This is just my personal opinion so it should be taken as such but I think it's because the kids of today are spoiled! They are handed too much from their parents and they have so much that it begins to have no value and when they develope that in their heads it seems to be how they interact with all things. The reason I feel this happens is due to parents wanting their kids to have the things they didn't and even thought they are well meaning it sets the kids up for wanting all the time and if something gets broke oh well their parents replace it. I am guilty of this as well as most parents are so I see from how things have changed since I was just a kid and had respect for everything and everyone that todays kids just aren't that way.They mostly balk at authority,they don't show respect to their elders OR themselves. I don't group ALL kids this way in my observatios but the majority are this way...2 parents working, no one at home to keep the kids in line anymore so they get a little wild and push all the buttons they can to see how much is too much. They aren't heathens or anything they just haven't been taught the respect we older sect of folks were. Common values have been lost.

 

[Jaymes]

I think every generation falls prey to the "young people today!" comments... and I'm no exception. I'll often be appalled at how my sister and her friends act, though odds are my friends and I did similarly outrageous things as kids.

If it was kids that did those things to her property, I'd wager on boredom being the cause of it. Or trying to impress someone they're attracted to... kids do crazy things.

 

[Melody]

Where do we learn about respect ? - I am not talking about respect for people, but mainly for people's possessions.

I think it starts with respect for our own possessions. I agree with FTH. Parents tend to spoil their children with so many "things" that the children do not treat them with care. They grow up knowing that if they break it, mommy and daddy will buy them an even bigger and better "thing" to replace it. If they have no respect for taking care of their own possessions, what on earth would make them care about someone elses' possessions?

 

[michel]

I think it starts with respect for our own possessions. I agree with FTH. Parents tend to spoil their children with so many "things" that the children do not treat them with care. They grow up knowing that if they break it, mommy and daddy will buy them an even bigger and better "thing" to replace it. If they have no respect for taking care of their own possessions, what on earth would make them care about someone elses' possessions?

One of the things that I have noticed (and I don't think I am 'off topic') is the change in Spanish youth, since the death of Franco.

Franco was a harsh and unbending dictator, but no one dared step out of line - children would walk down the streets in line, behaving, being quiet - only speaking when spoken to. Now I am not advocating that that was right; of course that was 'O.T.T'; but after Franco's death, the teens seemed to act out their pent up repression-if they were on school holidays, staying in the same hotel as we were, they would push foreigners out of the way to get to the lifts, using foul language (Probably thought that the 'stip' English tourists could'nt speak Spanish). I remember the time Marie and I were out late one evening; there were a couple of boys behind us, and they were eyeing Marie up and down; she let them carry on for a while, saying what they'd like to do - the she turned around, and said, in their accent "O.K then, if you feel man enough!" - I'll never forget their faces..

 

[Prima]

I remember the time Marie and I were out late one evening; there were a couple of boys behind us, and they were eyeing Marie up and down; she let them carry on for a while, saying what they'd like to do - the she turned around, and said, in their accent "O.K then, if you feel man enough!" - I'll never forget their faces.

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