Sunday, December 11, 2011

Respecting the elders

Everyone seems to have anecdotal evidence of "The kids these days don't respect their elders", while I have a suspicion all generations say that. Is there some good evidence?

The only study I found is: http://www.benetas.com.au/Portals/0/Respect%20in%20an%20Ageing%20Society%20full%20report.pdf

which seems to say that because elders have lost contact with children and adults, they have also lost their respect.

How should we handle talentless "Alpha male" ?

http://phinnweb.blogspot.com/2004/10/right-man-and-fear-of-losing-face.html

I always thought it's important to teach children to be confident in themselves and not be bothered by misguided outside disapproval. I wonder if that would alleviate this "fear of losing face".