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Originally Posted by Astronovice
Alex, I totally agree with your views regarding the general level of service we receive, but, having lost my mother at the age of one I have no illusions regarding perfect family life.
I volunteered with a youth service organisation for more than 20 years and worked with young people from aged 8 right through to young adults at 26. My comments regarding respect and responsibility for one’s actions relate to my observations of the behaviour of a percentage of today’s young people that lack those qualities. Sadly I suspect this is more to do with the lack of the same qualities in their parents in how they parent them, than in the young people themselves. This in itself I feel stems from a consumerism driven society that has misplaced priorities on what in life is really important to children - love, security and the time to devote to them. Raising children well should be viewed as the single most important thing you can do for them, and for society in general.
Please don’t construe from this that I have a down on youth, or society, I am at an age where I just observe a percentage of both with sadness for how it could have been, whilst feeling powerless now on how to contribute to improving things.
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Hi Calvin
Thank you for a thought provoking reply.
We both commit the mistake of generalising perhaps at least for my part I guess I do not like to think humanity is getting worse rather than better.
In my case I talk with little personal experience of how the young folk of today act other than what I see on tic toc and you tube which perhaps incorrectly, I do not regard as typical of folk...and so I admit to offering an unsupported opinion with no personal experience of the reality of these times as far as young folk go and I always get the feeling that any young folk I come in contact with, for what ever reason, seem to be very well behaved in my presence.
And I do like to think we all have power to contribute in some little way by offering example.
Again thank you for your contribution and sharing your experience.
alex