Where has respect for others gone?

I think it's just more parents than before are not taking the time to enforce politeness with their kids (especially those who haven't been taught politeness themselves). Without that politeness training, people become selfish and focus only on how things affect them, and have no idea what it means to see things from somebody else's perspective, and (heaven forbid!) care about what other people's needs are.

Actually, I think many people do respect others. I suspect you are one, because this is bothering you.

I would suggest that you continue to treat others with respect, and teach (by example) others to have respect for you and for others. You can't make people change their behaviors and attitudes. Hopefully, you can have a positive influence.

We begin our lives by being egocentric. Respect for the rights of others needs to be taught.

We have placed far too much emphasis on our rights and not placed any emphasis on responsibilities. Life is a balance between the two. We are out of balance.

Respect and goodmanners starts in the home. It is not hard and children mostly want to please their parents. They need to say please and thankyou. When they don't I used to say "What's the magic word?" and they know even when they have few words they can say. They need to learn how to share even if they as yet have no siblings. It is cruel to let children get away with bad manners and behaviour because when they grow older they will be at a social disadvantage not having learnt these social skills

In my opinion, you get back what you put out in life. Everyone always tells me how lucky i am, i don't believe in luck but do believe it's what i put out in life that gives me so much back.

I also don't mean put out good so that you get something back in return. Give without wanting payment and you'll find life to be good. I have rarely been cut off in traffic, rarely had anyone ever want to cause my troubles at the work place, rarely have anyone stick their nose in my business.

Most people seem to go out of their way to be nice to me, even when they are hateful and rude to most others. Maybe it's because i treat them all with respect and kindness no matter how they act? I don't mean in a doormat way either. I will walk away if someone wants to be nasty. I simply look at them and say, i'm sorry you are having a bad day, but i won't allow you to take it out on me. I'll see you another time. This allows them to know i won't tolerate being treated poorly but i don't have to be nasty back. Nastiness only breeds more nastiness. I also work to be a happy and nice person. You'd be surprised at how treating someone well for awhile can change them around you.

If you look for the bad in life, you'll see the bad. How many good things have you missed? How many people did you pass by that didn't cut you off or act rude to you that you didn't bother to acknowledge?? But the one person who cuts you off gets all your attention for the day?

That's about you and not about that other person. If someone were to cut me off, i'd slow down and know they must have felt they needed to get somewhere faster than i and leave it at that. I'd then notice all the other hundreds of drivers who did not cut me off. If you were to treat someone well after they cut you off, they just might put on their signal next time and try to ask. You just might make them think there was one less rude person in the world and might give them hope that good is out there.

How many workers do you have that you don't even look at that never stuck their nose into your business? How many times a day do you acknowledge them? Ignore the bad and look for the good. There's tons of good out there, just you aren't looking for it.

When you resign yourself to everyone being disrespectful, it makes you feel it's ok to do it to others and then life goes downhill from there. Treat others as you'd like to be treated and after several months, see how much your life improves. Work harder every day to see the good people who are surrounding you, walk away from those who are nasty. You'd be surprised at how often it's only 1 to 4 people who are bad in teh work place and everyone is so focused on them they miss the hundreds who are great sitting right next to them!

Stop watching how much bad is on the news. Look at it this way... how many people live within America alone? And yet the news is only an hour long because they don't have that much to report and half the news is repeating or about something that happened in the past. Think how they don't bother much with good news as it isn't shocking and won't help their ratings. Think how very few people within a 10 block radius of your home has ever done anything that would be news worthy. How often do you go out of your way to treat others well? How often do you help people wanting nothing in return.

Either you are part of the problem or part of the solution.. either way.. it's a choice you need to make.

We live in a Society of misfits who have no respect for others and it gets worse everyday. The mentality of people today have no regard or concentration for others, it seems everybody has a chip on their shoulders. Hold a door for someone and see how many say thank you.

me and my husband were coming home from shopping last night when an idiot (i think had been drinking by the way he was driving) cut right across us at a junction coming off a round about, he nearly put us off the road. my husbands first reaction was to sound his horn then he chased him down the road flashing his lights screaming and swearing at them then got right up there **** trying to intimidate them, his actions scared me so i was screaming at him to stop which he did after a while, like i said to him they'll get there comeuppance because what goes round comes round, so my advice just take a deep breath and let it go otherwise you'll stoop to there level of ignorance.

The only way to bring respect back is to force all children to read the Bible! Bring prayer back to school! Immediately! Learn the way of God!

I've been wondering the same thing lately too.

It's sad huh.

after you were born we decided collectively to stop respecting each other. you have only yourself to blame