Manners!

Posted by Steve W (NY) on August 30, 2004 at 06:26:22 from (24.213.210.222):

In Reply to: OT - One for the fellas (serious) posted by ShepFL on August 28, 2004 at 21:54:47:

There are a lot of good points below, but one that wasn't listed and is very important is manners. My grandmother and grandfather who lived at our house were sticklers on "Thank you's" and "Your Welcome", and all the other stuff. Opening Doors, addressing older people as Mister and Mrs. As a kid, it was automatic to be polite as my grandparents had taught us.

Also, since we lived with older people, we never had any kind of generation gap. My friends in High School and College were always impressed how I got along with their parents and grandparents, but it was natural.

In society today, parents teach their kids to call adults byt their first name, slowly breaking down the hierarchy of respect that should be given to adults. It makes my blood boil. We also shove older people into homes, so that kids never learn the wisdom that life gives us.

Anyway, I don't know if this helps, but if you can impress upon the scouts how far being polite with good manners will get them, you will have done something.

Take Care
Steve

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