Are Parents Disrespected Now Days?

[TMA_1]

I have met across this so many times. Some of my friends literally hate their parents. They see the rules they put out and rebel against them. Though rebelling against parents is natural and will happen with all kids, now days it has just grown beyond belief. The growth of parenting has also turned horribly wrong. Parents try to be "friends" with their kids. Other times parents enforce rules without explaining why and just nag at the kids already rebelious nature. I have talked back a few times but am always put back in my place and am talked to about why i shouldnt do what I do wrong. It just seems really gross how children have grown up in a world environement of extreme openness. And if you talk against it you are called puritanical or from the stone age. Just Many kids seem to grow up and never learn what it is to be a human being.

A good example is when one time I had to help a woman that lives close to me with her house work. She has grown old and her husband died a while ago. Her children never helped and it just bothered me. I had nothing much to do so it was fun to keep her company. Now days adults are just not respected, especially people who are older.

What do you guys think on the issue? I blabbed a lot about this so its somebody elses turn to say something.lol

[SurlyPIG]

Too broad an issue to comment on, IMO. I know people that have everything they could possibly want but still bitch and whine to and about their parents. Then I know some people who were nothing more than an outlet for anger for their parents, but don't feel any resentment at all.

[Anathema]

Very well said TMA. I think some kids are raised to liberally. My brother, for example, is an asshole (forgive blunt language). My mother wakes him up every morning so he can get to school in time, and when she does he yells at her.

When my parents express concern for him because he isn't doing so well on school at the moment he just yells at them, saying that they should mind their own business.

[Edric O]

This is a typical characteristic of a decadent society. It happened in Babylon soon before it was conquered by the Persians. It happened in the Greek city-states before Alexander the Great swept over them. It happened during the last days of Rome...

So don't worry. It's normal. History must run its course.

[Terror]

exactly, samething happened in the sixties. Even though i do hate it sometimes myself that youngsters are so disrespectful but it happened before

[Anathema]

But the kids from the sixties rebelled against their parents because they didn't concur with their conservative views. My brother is just being an asshole.

[Terror]

hmmm in that case spank him a bit ;)

[Dante]

This is a typical characteristic of a decadent society. It happened in Babylon soon before it was conquered by the Persians. It happened in the Greek city-states before Alexander the Great swept over them. It happened during the last days of Rome...

So don't worry. It's normal. History must run its course.

Are you saying that our entire 'civilisation' will collapse if my sister doesn't turn her music down? Heh heh...

Still, yes, some people are rude, nasty, and have the learning curve of a brick. But don't confine it to children. Sure some of us are just bad tempered freaks, but then, so are some adults. It's just that children can rebel against their parents (although personally I try not to) but adults must be more general in their approach. I blame the schools and governemts. BRING BACK CORPORAL PUNISHMENT! That'll sort 'em out!

[SurlyPIG]

Corporal punishment is just a way to open the gates of abuse...it teaches kids that big people can push around little people. It instills fear, not discipline, and it teaches the child to be violent.

[Edric O]

Exactly. Ace is right.

[TMA_1]

it does work though. Our egocentric ideas do not fit in those who use harsh laws. Those cultures that use it are not inferior, in fact I thi nk they have something we dont. it works very well for them.

[SurlyPIG]

It causes far more problems than it creates. It leads to drasticly reduced self-confidence and it comes out in other forms. It's widely known that abused children often become bullies at school. Well, the same is true with spanked kids. When somebody wrongs them, they react the same whey their parents would. Violently. Studies have been done that link spanking to violence later in life.

It doesn't teach respect, it teaches fear. It reminds me of my neighbour's dog and cat. When the dog was a puppy, the older and bigger cat abused it while it was settling in. Eventually it learned to tolerate it, but it always beat up on the little puppy. Well, now the dog is massive. A huge husky-retriever crossbreed. But it's still deathly afraid of the cat, even though it's about seven times its size.

[TMA_1]

no no no not abuse of children. I am talking about the laws of a country. Some countries function better with stricter laws because of their culture. Dont take your culture on to others. That is the first thing taught in History class.

[sneezer3]

no no no not

2 Negtives makes a postive.

4 Negtives makes 2 postives. ;D

but i get your point ;)

[SurlyPIG]

Oh okay. I assumed you meant countries that practiced or allowed corporal punishment on a wide scale. Surprisingly, punishment doesn't always have a connection to crime rates. For example, the state of Texas practices capital punishment, but it has a high murder rate compared to many places that do not. Though it is illogical, crime rate is more of a social connection and not as much related to the justice system. Wierd, eh?

[TMA_1]

yeah yo usee that kind of punishment doesnt work with us because of our culture. We are an open, independant country here in america. The problem is, we dont pander to that kind of government punishment. Some cultures work well with it though.

[Elite47]

The biggest think I hate is an adult who demands respect but gives none in return.