Should children respect adults ?!?

[Michaelm]

So what do you think about this ?!?

[Fenrir]

I think these boards are starting to look like the 4chan of shmups.

[Michaelm]

Ah come on, they can all be sassy and fat and it makes no difference

[Fenrir]

It is not necessarily a bad thing (sorta)

[doodude]

I think the phrase is " Fat & Sassy" if Im not mistaken.

As to children & respect my unfunny answer would be:

Yes. However, that is only a starting point. No one who dosent deserve respect should receive any more respect than they...uh, deserve.

Just cuz youre an asshole dosent mean you should be smacked around & denied basic human respect. Like not being smacked around just cuz your an asshole.

But these days kids are taught that adults are the enemy who will rape you, kill you & take your lunch money.
Have respect but keep your guard up... oh, ok!
Its difficult for a kid with an under developed sense of self to understand where to draw the line.

Thats why we have so many Fat, Sassy & paranoid kids.

[Michaelm]

It's great you post your opinion but please vote too !

I guess basic human respect can be compared to basic animal respect in a sense.
They all respect one another unless the one is part of the others food chain.
I'm talking more about the exclusively human form of respect that most typically has to do with roles and not basic instinctive respect.

[Lordstar]

can i be Phat? I cant drop mad rhymes though.

[antron]

depends on whether or not the parents respect the child.

think about your teachers. you know which ones didn't deserve respect.

[doodude]

It's great you post your opinion but please vote too !

I guess basic human respect can be compared to basic animal respect in a sense.
They all respect one another unless the one is part of the others food chain.
I'm talking more about the exclusively human form of respect that most typically has to do with roles and not basic instinctive respect.

Sorry for the lack of vote. Tis done...

First, what do you define as children? 1-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20...
There has & will always be different levels of respect from different age groups, different social groups etc.

But if I understand you & your poll makes it a bit more clear, your asking should a child or young person respect another person typically considered an adult or an older person just because he/she is an adult or older.

Thats a subjective question. Why shouldnt they desrve some measure of respect.
Theres an old saying: People who are older than you have been where you are, but youve never been where they are.

Does that experience deserve respect?
Are you a different person than you were 5 years ago? What about 10 years ago?
Will you be different 5 years from now? 10 years from now?
Do you think you deserve the same level of respect at 20 years of age as to when you were 5 years of age?

It isnt true in all cases but if someone knows more than you, has experienced more than you & your not just a little shit with a stick up your ass, then unless there is a reason, why shouldnt you be respectful?

Remember, what goes around, comes around.

[Nuke]

It should really be the parents area to earn the respect of the child by bringing it up in a sufficient manner and preparing it for the world.
You can't expect your children to respect you if you neglect their needs and shit on their dreams. Respect should always be earned and never given away or demanded.

[doodude]

It should really be the parents area to earn the respect of the child by bringing it up in a sufficient manner and preparing it for the world.
You can't expect your children to respect you if you neglect their needs and shit on their dreams. Respect should always be earned and never given away or demanded.

WORD!

[moozooh]

I don't think respect should ever be based on things like age. There are lots of adults who still don't know what the fuck.

[doodude]

I don't think respect should ever be based on things like age. There are lots of adults who still don't know what the fuck.

Age is only a sign of experience.
And as stated b4, while it isnt true in all cases, experienced adults should simply know more than inexperience children.
And unless a child or younger person just has issues with adults or authority figures or has some other problem to keep them from recognizing this, one would have to assume an adult is somewhat wiser than they.

Then you have to ask, is wisdom worth respect?

Or you can just kick 'em in the knee caps & roll around on the floor & whine.

[moozooh]

Age is only a sign of experience.

False assumption. Age is merely a sign of whatever time has passed since you were born. What you have done and understood during this time varies greatly from person to person.

[CMoon]

Where are the choices:

Kids should respect adults because adults house them, feed them and educate them

&

Kids should respect adults or GTFO

[trivial]

People breed into a world with "fuck off, we're full" taped to it; we pranked it in our basement. A sign of tribal respect is to never check out anyone's backside. I saw the sign, I saw the sigh-ee-ign but the frothing demand increases anyway.

Respect and emulate your childfree elders, please.

EVERY THREAD RELATES TO CIRCUMCISION, MY PET PEEVE

[doodude]

Age is only a sign of experience.

False assumption. Age is merely a sign of whatever time has passed since you were born. What you have done and understood during this time varies greatly from person to person.

Wisdom means learning to not be so literal...

[moozooh]

Forgive me, my wise friend.

[Michaelm]

Where are the choices:
Kids should respect adults because adults house them, feed them and educate them
&
Kids should respect adults or GTFO

I checked but couldn't find where to add a different choice, sorry.
On your first choice though I think the first two are quite right, parents usually do house and feed their kids.
But educate them ? There's this whole bunch who thinks school will take care of that and at home the kids should be happy they can live in a house and be fed.

I can agree with Nuke just fine though.

[Ex-Cyber]

I think there's a difference between respect among equals and respect for a "superior" (e.g. allegiance / fealty). I tend to think we should strive to expand the former and limit the latter to situations where it is a functional necessity (which arguably includes parent/young child relationships, though that is different from children/adults generally).

[CMoon]

parents usually do house and feed their kids.
But educate them ?

Dude, education starts at home. Why do I hear a giant collective 'doh! from half the US population?

[doodude]

parents usually do house and feed their kids.
But educate them ?

Dude, education starts at home. Why do I hear a giant collective 'doh! from half the US population?

It should, but dosent always, go without saying that without some measure of respect for others being taught that respect will be simply a concept unknown.

It would be difficult to learn respect if there was no respect to learn from in the home.
For the most part you are what you have been & what you were made to be by those who had the most control & influence over your formative years as a child.

So yeah, it may not be the higher education you understand but education begins at home with the 1st time youre told not to diddle yourself or pick your nose or hit your sister with the cat.

[CMoon]

Maybe one reason kids don't respect adults is because adults don't invest in them.

[Michaelm]

Dude, education starts at home.

So yeah, it may not be the higher education you understand but education begins at home with the 1st time youre told not to diddle yourself or pick your nose or hit your sister with the cat.

Sure you get taught a lot of what you can't do.
But how much do you get taught of what you can do ?

*As always, I know exceptions exists !

[neorichieb1971]

An adult should use their authority or experience to good effect. They should listen as well as preach and give good reasons for their choices.

I listen to everyone, I might not agree, but that doesn't mean I am right. It just means I need to make my own mistakes.

[doodude]

Dude, education starts at home.

So yeah, it may not be the higher education you understand but education begins at home with the 1st time youre told not to diddle yourself or pick your nose or hit your sister with the cat.

Sure you get taught a lot of what you can't do.
But how much do you get taught of what you can do ?

*As always, I know exceptions exists !

Seems to me everyone needs some boundaries. You cant hit yourself in the head with a hammer. You cant run into the busy street. You cant run with scissors.

Then when you have that concept down, you learn to hammer a nail, cross the street safely, run with scissors without putting out an eye.

I mean, sure you want to learn from your mistakes but you still need to survive the lesson.

[popawell]

Kids should respect their parents at any age. If a kid does not respect loving parents that do everything they can possibly do to raise him or her right there is something wrong.

because some can become spoiled brats like I was.

[SpooN]

I find none of the points really fitting my opinion. There is no need for kids to show respect towards random adults but they should not disrespect them either (as nobody should), which might be difficult for some children.
As for their parents and teacher it's a whole different story of course: not respecting your teachers/parents will lead to disadvantages in the long run for everyone involved.

The biggest problem in my eyes are old people since they are in general more picky about children (or people in general) behaving different from the norm but at the same time they might be at the physical disadvantage even to children. Part of becoming a human being is learning to be considerate of others (weaker persons especially) and therefore I think children should learn to respect old people. Even more because old people are often unable to adjust while children have to adjust either way.

[ED-057]

You can't expect a child to have good enough judgment to always see who deserves respect and who doesn't. After all, a lot of people in the world are just full of sh1t. Kids will see this, and some will carelessly lump almost everyone into this group. But as a person grows and comes to have a greater awareness of the world, probably they will change their minds about certain people.

[elfhentaifan]

I think these boards are starting to look like the 4chan of shmups.

Offtopic is a second board with a mass of sub-areas.
Some people never return from it.
Guess who?