lack of respect

[dodgegirl]

I've been noticing more & more that a lot of people don't have much respect for anyone or anything lately. Where did it go?
What happened to saying yes ma'am or yes sir? I swear people look at me like I have five heads in class when I say "yes ma'am or yes sir" in class.

[jimco]

It's called morals and this country has been steady losing it. My folks would pop me upside the head if I didn't say yes sir or yes mam etc.
It was common when I was growing up. I taught my kids the same way, but it wasn't common, It was rare. Now it is almost unheard of for any one to say yes sir, yes mam, etc. must less show any respect or compassion to their elders.  There is some and it is refreshing to see
but it is Rare. Depends on how you were/are raised I guess.

[SCHitemHard]

i said yes maam to a young lady the other day and she flipped and said to stop calling her that since shes not old.

[Lacy man]

Shoot my daddy and momma woulda whooped my @$$$ if I didn't and I'm outta school with my own house now. Lol

[halfbreed]

and that my friends is the problem to much government intrusion into our lives . most of us older folkes parents would have been locked up for teaching us to respect our elders and be curtiouse to others and we would have been raised in foster homes  lol . kinda like if some-one today had seen my granny ring a chickens neck for sunday supper , if caught as sweet an ol woman as she was she would have been crucified in the media and taken to jail for animal cruelty .

[riverbottomhoghunter]

I've been noticing more & more that a lot of people don't have much respect for anyone or anything lately. Where did it go?
What happened to saying yes ma'am or yes sir? I swear people look at me like I have five heads in class when I say "yes ma'am or yes sir" in class.

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[charles]

and that my friends is the problem to much government intrusion into our lives . most of us older folkes parents would have been locked up for teaching us to respect our elders and be curtiouse to others and we would have been raised in foster homes  lol . kinda like if some-one today had seen my granny ring a chickens neck for sunday supper , if caught as sweet an ol woman as she was she would have been crucified in the media and taken to jail for animal cruelty .

X1,000,000

[TexasHogDogs]

Ever wonder the real reason why the Government calls this generation now,  generation X !

[charles]

Ever wonder the real reason why the Government calls this generation now,  generation X !

It represents EXTREMELY F't UP

[country man 563]

well ill have a brand new baby girl her by the first of the year ( ). and me and my wife both agree that she will have manner and respect or she wont make it to high school ( )

[rdjustham]

my 3 year old knows yes sir and maam and knows what happens if its not used when it should be...

[cantexduck]

Blame the parents. No ones job but the parents to raise a child. Government? Joke right. Be a parent,raise your kid. Don't blame outside influence s if they are a duck up,blame yourself.

[Tusk Hog]

   As a parent you do all you can and pray your lessons stick. Go to Utube, search Paul Harvey " If I were the Devil". I think he hit the nail on the head. The lack of Christ in our lives and country takes a toll.

[RL]

Blame the parents. No ones job but the parents to raise a child. Government? Joke right. Be a parent,raise your kid. Don't blame outside influence s if they are a duck up,blame yourself.

Agreed.  Each family teaches their children their values.  The government allows you to teach or not teach.  But the bottom line is  ...  the result is your doing.

[RL]

   As a parent you do all you can and pray your lessons stick. Go to Utube, search Paul Harvey " If I were the Devil". I think he hit the nail on the head. The lack of Christ in our lives and country takes a toll.

If you think christ is important to your families values and their respect  ...  then by all means reinforce that.  The country doesn't need to believe the way you do or in your particular god in order for you to pass your views, values and morals to your children.

[halfbreed]

cantex let me know when you have to whoop your child in the wal-mart or at a resturant and i'll watch the video's and your arrest on the evening news  lol  !!! some do gooder will have you arrested for child abuse in a heartbeat  lol a time out and an icecream cone just don't seem to get the point across and that is what this new age child rearing idiot dept. of social services  thinks is the only appropriate means of disciplining a child should consist of  lol

[tuskbuster]

yep been to courthouse a few times over this very subject. nomatter if they see ya do  it or even suspect it, its your azz for RAISIN your kids the way you want to but not the way these pansies are gonna ENFORCE that you raise em.they even pound it in the kids head what they think is right. if i was to went to school and told i got my butt whipped at home the teacher woulda called my dad to see if they could do it again just good measure

[charles]

cantex let me know when you have to whoop your child in the wal-mart or at a resturant and i'll watch the video's and your arrest on the evening news  lol  !!! some do gooder will have you arrested for child abuse in a heartbeat  lol a time out and an icecream cone just don't seem to get the point across and that is what this new age child rearing idiot dept. of social services  thinks is the only appropriate means of disciplining a child should consist of  lol

you took the words right out of my mouth.
any1 who thinks the gov doesnt have a hand in raising a child, you are very wrong. the gov passes judgement on how to raise, by saying if you dont spare the rod and spoil your kid, your going away for child abuse/neglect. before the ex and i got a divorce, both kids knew to say yes/no sir/mam. now, 10yrs later my son says yea and naw, i can whip his but his half sister, i dont have much say so unless at my folks house.

[BigNoseKate]

I have been thinkin the same thing lately...

I just started a new job and I couldn't tell you how many times people have asked me to not call them "sir" or "ma'am." They say they ain't that old, or they just plain don't want to be called that.

I got my butt whooped if I didn't say sir or ma'am ever since I can remember, and I don't use the words to address "old people," I even say it to my 3 yr old nephew; just how I was brought up!! It's courtesy, and it's a polite way to address people.

Honestly, I couldn't stop calling people sir or ma'am even if I wanted to, but some people react to it like it's rude.  I don't get that!

I understand people were brought up different, but dang... It's hard to go from having "yessir" and "no ma'am" taught to ya since you were knee high to a grasshopper, to havin your co-workers and boss ask you not to address them that way.  

[chestonmcdowell]

im 15 i say yes mam no mam to almost everyone older than me. esecially teachers and parents and older people. alot of people at my school dont know it but they look ignorant as heck when they think theyre being  cool. but being just plane  disrespectful. and all teachers can do is send the kid to the principal or d hall or some other form of light punishment. and if they get sent to the principals enough they almost seem to make a bond. or the principal might think of it as a racism and send the kid back. idk but ive never gotten as far as the principal or d hall or other but im just callin it how i see it.