https://www.professorshouse.com/should-children-be-taught-to-respect-their-elders/ Mon, 05 May 2025 11:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.professorshouse.com/should-children-be-taught-to-respect-their-elders/#comment-1075432 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 02:55:27 +0000 https://professorshouse.com/relationship-category/should-children-be-taught-to-respect-their-elders/#comment-1075432 I agree. If you would not expect an adult to show respect to another adult who is rude and disrespectful than you should not expect a child to show respect to someone like that. Some parents mistake respect for obedience and that does the child no good when they have to go out on their own and interact with other people. And it does no good in the relationship with their parents especially as they get older.

]]> https://www.professorshouse.com/should-children-be-taught-to-respect-their-elders/#comment-25906 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 02:44:27 +0000 https://professorshouse.com/relationship-category/should-children-be-taught-to-respect-their-elders/#comment-25906 He’ll yea

]]> https://www.professorshouse.com/should-children-be-taught-to-respect-their-elders/#comment-23210 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 01:35:50 +0000 https://professorshouse.com/relationship-category/should-children-be-taught-to-respect-their-elders/#comment-23210 It’s all well and good to say “Respect your elders and betters”. But my beef with this is that what if those elders and betters don’t behave the way they should. Fair enough to expect our young ones to be polite i.e. say please, thank you, excuse me and I’m sorry, and listen to the voice of reason. I agree-to a point. However, nothing’s that cut-and-dried. No elder or so-called better has the right to enforce their
opinion-or their physical being- onto a young vulnerable one. Abuse of power can damage-or ruin- the innocent for life. There’s a fine line between raising your voice to let children know their behaviour has displeased you and thrashing them within an inch of their lives. If they know you mean business, they will listen. Respect is a two-way street.
If you want it, you also need to show it. Dressing in a way that commands respect (if you are an authority figure such as a teacher) can help too. Elders and betters must lead by example. You can’t expect the young to “respect their elders and betters” if they don’t do so. Actions can speak louder than words.

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