should someone be respected just because thier old?
815447
Yes, but only if their attitude is the one that deserves respect.
420031
Respecting others will earn respect for you in their eyes. People don't realize they need to put down their pride & understand that people are people, no one is better than anyone else!
821211
Anyone can give advice. But for it to do any good it must be received. Older people - like any other people - can see that their advice is better received by being serious in their care about others. You must earn the right to be heard.
890752
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.
750690
Be nice to them..Treat them with respect and let them know that they matter..
1019996
Because they've been there and done it - good or bad your elders deserve respect.  You may not like the person, personally but he/she deserves your respect if there's a big age difference.  While what Gus brought up may be digusting and distasteful to you - edging a bit on sexual harrassment (if there are any ladies around) - he's an old guy reliving his glory days.  Sorry to burst your bubble but belive me you'll be there a whole lot sooner than you'll ever expect.  Give the old guy a break. When you grow up you'll understand.
947456
Rudeness when speaking to a social superior or somebody who is older than you and deserving of your respect.
694458
there are so many things which have changed even in the short life I have lived. can remember not locking the doors at night ( even in town ), walking late at night without fear, neighbors helping each other without expecting anything in return. getting in trouble at school meant trouble when arriving home. calling people older than you Mr. and Mrs. or Mr. and Miss. never by their first name. liking others and respecting police officers, firefighters, veterans, etc. because they have, are and will continue to preserve this nation.
547717
I don't think anything much, really. Your love is the best thing you can give them. Just make sure that you make them feel accepted; sometimes, older people are afraid that younger people consider them as inferior and therefore tend to take everything more personally. So treat them like the normal people they are. Remember that they were once babies, once kids, once teenagers, once young adults... So don't try being all "what can I do for you? Don't do that, you'll hurt yourself" and stuff like many people tend to do. I know that comes from a good intention, but the truth is, a lot of times, grandparents don't want that from their grandchildren. Sometimes, they just want to be treated as friends, to feel young again... And yes there is a grandparent day. It's september 11, I think.
1012213
nothing to do with age..it has to do with the person...I know middle age ppl who are SO out going..and others who got old before their time...
286955
1.Because they weren't taught to respect their elders.  \n\n2. Because they aren't being treated with respect.\n\n3. Peer Pressure.\n\n4. Unresolved emotional issues.\n\nWithout knowing his age, it is hard to answer this question in the best way, but I will try to help as much as I can.\n\n1.Did his parents raise him to show respect? Maybe you could set a good example by showing how you treat people respectfully. Be careful when you  are upset or angry, to not say anything disrespectful in front of your grandson. Children learn what they hear and see.\n\n2.Do you treat him with respect? Children deserve respect too,and if they aren't getting respect in return, they may stop showing respect. Maybe by slightly exaggerating your respect for him, it will give him the incentive to return the respect.\n\n\n3.Peer Pressure is harder to deal with. Do the kids he hangs out with act disrespectful? If so maybe grounding him for disrespectful behavior would help him to learn to be his own person and not just follow the crowd. Explain to him why you are grounding him and how disappointed you are that he would treat you or anyone worthy of his respect with disrespect.\n\n4. Unresolved emotional issues can cause children to act disrespectfully. The only way to resolve the issues would be to get him professional counseling.\n\nMaybe if you sit down and talk with your grandson and discuss the problem with him, making sure to treat him with respect, he might just come around and start giving you respect. Let him know that this is a big problem for you and that you really want to solve the issue and would like his input. Be sure to ask him why he treats you disrespectfully and truly listen to his response.  You may be doing something, without knowing it, that is causing him to react this way to you. Maybe giving him the right to respectfully tell you that he doesn't like something you have said or done, would curb his disrespectfulness. Make him understand that treating you with disrespect will not be tolerated and that there will be consequences, so you would like to work with him to find a solution to the problem. \n\nOpen communication is always the best. \n\nYou do want to be careful about teaching children that they have to respect ALL elders or ALL people. They should be taught to "Treat" people respectfully, but actual respect has to be earned. \n\nI raised my daughter to give respect where respect was due. Not all elders deserve respect, so I think that just teaching them that they have to respect all people is wrong. She was taught to treat everyone with respect, until they did something to lose that respect. I certainly didn't want her to think she had to respect criminals, perverts etc.  Good Luck! =-)
792370
yes.obviously if they have done it by knowldge.if they have not done any mistake so what asking apoligy from any elder person is called giving respect. its not a shame.
881353
You are being respected when others listen to your opinion whether they hold the same one as you or not, when other people consider your feelings and input before decisions are made, when people younger than you address you with civility and decency, when your children grow to be truly decent, self supporting people who raise your grandchildren the way you raised them and when you dont have to wonder if they respect you but know that do by thier actions and behavior toward you.
721073
I'm not sure exactly what you mean or what you are asking. I'll give this a shot though.\n\nI think that the elderly should be treated with more respect than they get. Like how the Asian culture dote over their elders. That's the way it SHOULD be. However, I find that where I come from, that's not entirely true about the way elderly ARE treated.\n\nI'm in San Diego, CA. and see a lot of the elders treated unfairly in MANY situations. Youth do not give up their seats to them on public transportation the way that they should be. And no one thinks about actally helping the old woman across the street with her groceries. It's as if that's just a myth about how people USED to be. \n\nI find it offensive. I do what I can though to be a decent citizen when ever possible.\n\nI'm not sure if this answer helped you at all, but I'm hoping that it did. Good luck.
934829
Do the right thing..............That person knows they are dependant on others and hates that feeling every day of their life. You are looked upon at someone who will help without pity and that is a very hgh assesment of you as a person. It is okey to say I am busy right now, It is okey to anticipate a need that can be done while other activities take place, It is okey to say you are going to hang around with others for a while.It is not okey to be rude crude or dismissive. The hurt to a person who is defenseless is cruel and deep.\n       About two third of the folks anserring this question are remarkably dismissive and do not figure they will ever be in a wheel chair themselves. If they are lucky, they will live old enough, to obtain a handicapped liscense plate. Everyone needs help coming into and departing from this life. Some need help in between and shouldn't be scorned\n\n\n\nTraveylin
502649
At any age, when someone dies in the family there's always sadness. Sometimes an unruly early life could end up being successful at late 30's because of some turning point in life. But of course, there's also a chance the unruly early life could turn out to be worst as his/her age keeps on adding through the years.\nIt's true that teenagers nowadays don't show a lot of respect to their elders but when their untimely death would come, family members feels the pain of losing a love one no matter how bad they were when they were alive.
705706
In getting along, we must display respect, no matter others condition or position in life.\n\nBe blessed.