What cultures respect seniors?
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The native americans have always been known to respect their seniors, as do the Asian cultures (China, Japan).
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Both are acceptable, although Junior and Senior and more often used.  It's really a matter of preference.
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because the society doesnt respect the senior members. if the society tried to raise them with the value of respecting the older and that would start with the main unit of it, i.e. the family, then the young will respect the old.
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Senior citizens are a wealth of untapped knowledge and wisdom of any civilization.  We as a people can't know where we are going unless we know where we came from.  By tapping into their wisdom we can learn from past mistakes via first hand knowledge sometimes people can teach you what not to do as well as what to do.  Since we all are going to be senior citizens one day, or we hope to be, it would behoove us to recognize their value.
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50's and 60's and old and new country.
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Warm and friendly culture.
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i think it's cultural. asians are sort of raised as polite little kids, and i guess its seen as more respectable around elders and everything. \n\ni think this is especially true in japanese culture... everyone there is taught to be really really really polite, to bow when greeting others, not to raise their voices, etc.
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asian.  more culture, more respect, more family oriented, better shape, better diet, smarter, nicer hair, skinnier body, better cooler...nicer downstairs!
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ever heard the phrase respect your elders.
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one that allows for the protocol of that country to be respected and honored.
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Sorry. I don't have any websites, but I live in China. The elderly are very well respected by the people, but the government does not care for the old. In fact, the government does very little for anyone. There are no free schools or free medical care in China. Where I teach, we have a relationship with an "old-folks" home. This is a new thing in China because before the one child policy, everyone cared for their own parents. Now, each child has two parents, four grandparents, and eight great-grandparents to care for. Multiply this by two for a married couple. This is impossible, so these "old-folks" homes are beginning to appear. The old are treated very well at these homes, but they are not well-funded so the facilities are a bit Spartan. \n\nChinese people have great respect for the old and the young. The people who work in orphanages and old-folks homes do it out of dedication and as a calling, whereas, oftentimes in the US, people who work in these types of places do it as a job and don't really care for their charges.\n\nAs an aside to n thomas, while on the surface it might seem cold and unfeeling to allow your parent to enter a nursing home, think about it. If you were in your 80s, would you prefer to live with your children or in a community with a lot of other people your age. People who share your understanding of the world and like the same music you do or the same activities. A place where there are daily activities to choose from. My grandfather joined one of these communities after my grandmother died. At first he resisted, but my mother knew he was depressed living on his own and would become even more depressed becoming dependent on her, so she insisted. He got himself a girlfriend and said before he died that those years were the best of his life.
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yes we have it in manila that  for old people who had been abandoned by thier relatives, but most of us filipinos take care of our old ones, we do not abandoned them or palce them in home care
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This is a great question. I am looking forward to seeing other answers. The one thing I love about Arabic countries is the mystical and magical feel that it has. I've been to Egypt and the aura that the people give off is so cool. That certainly isnt found here. As for an actual custom, I'd have to say is the fact that they are so family orientated. You would never see a nursing home in an Arabic country because they feel that since the parents take care of the children, the children should take care of the parents when that time comes. Its seeming to become less and less common for adult children to care for their ill parents these days in the US. What custom do you like?
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You need good people to get together, see whats wrong with the old ones and present one that respects their best parts.\n\nYou should realise that much culture is tied into religious practice.  To many, you would be asking them to forget their particular way of life and accept a global culture.
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depending on where they live and how much they respect their parents' wishes, possibly
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sad to say, but a lot of young people have no respect for us older folk, regardless of our age and i think it is due to their parents not teaching them and expecting them to even treat them with respect. I'm surprised at the number of kids that don't say please, thank you, yes ma ma' and yes sir. i was brought up that way and at age 52 i still say yes ma ma' to my Mom and yes sir to my Dad and don't think twice about it.  But all kids are not like this. And I'm always quick to tell the ones that are polite, how much I appreciate them and their good manners. Kids won't give respect unless you demand respect. I learned that when I use to substitute teach.
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Food restrictions, clothing, religious devotion (eg prayers to be performed at specific times, or just prayer period, not to mention Holiday confusion), specific mannerisms of different cultures is also a big issue. For example some prefer a separation of males and females, some teach their children to respect their teachers and elders while others mock, annoy and name-call teachers, etc. \nThe best thing ever to cure misunderstandings is education. What better place to learn about other cultures than school?