Respect is earned, not given. That’s a common thing everyone hears and knows, but do people actually hear what the saying is saying? Respect is earned; in any age that you are, respect is earned. It is not something that can be demanded. 

    People say  “younger people do need to respect their elders,” but that’s only if they deserve it. Respect is first given, but can be taken away so quickly. If you are treated poorly, you do not need to fill in that space with respect that is missing from the person. In work spaces, adults and elders need not to take advantage of the teen population that is working.

     According to canr.msu.edu, “adults commonly treat young people as though they are less valuable than their adult counterparts,” and with that happening, younger people feel less of a need to respect those who don’t respect them. 

     Adults and elders need to understand that it is not right in any way to raise your voice at anyone, let alone teens who are only doing their job. Respect is always given first to older people by the younger generation, but there should be respect from the elderly to us as well, or there won’t be any respect coming from either side at all.

      Just because you are older does not mean you can treat people poorly and get away with it.

     There is a big difference between giving respect and giving trust, but one affects the other always. With the lack of respect between a parent and their child, the relationship won’t be as good as it could be and there will be a lack of trust as well. 

     Respect is giving the child some sort of privacy, like not going through their technology for no given reason or yelling at them because they made a simple mistake. According to anchorlighttherapy.com, other ways to show and teach respect to your kids is by “listening to them, validating their opinion, giving them space, and acknowledging their experience.”

    Anchorlighttherapy.com also says, “disrespectful kids learn disrespect in the home or classroom. They are emulating the behavior and responses that are modeled for them. Raising a child who is respectful starts in their own home.”

     Parents who treat their kids with no respect are only teaching them to hide things and to lie and to get angry and raise their voice at loved ones when they make a mistake. They are only teaching the kid to show no respect.