Unleash Your Power to Respect

It is time for the 3rd Thursday Blog Hop with Jill Savage from Hearts at Home....

I found this quote and used it on another post about a month ago, but it is fitting for this one as well...

Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Respect truly is a super power some days.  Especially on those days when you have to deal with individuals who you don't feel are deserving of your respect.  I know as an adult I struggle with showing respect when other people are being less than respectful of me, but can you imagine how our children feel most days?

More so than when I was younger, adults are becoming more and more disrespectful to our children.  Mostly because they themselves are acting more and more like children.  Why is this?  Why are adult men and women resorting to childlike behavior?  As a parent, I witness teachers, friends and their parents, and authority figures being completely immature.  They are throwing bratty fits, allowing their own children to rule the roost, and involving themselves in their children's lives in unhealthy ways.

Recently I have had many incidents with parents and my children's friends that have brought this to a more glaring light to me.  Parents not only allowing but condoning their children's disregard of other children's feelings.  As a parent, we need to encourage our children to consider other people's feelings and not their own selfish desires.

 I have many specific examples from my 18 plus years of parenting that I could share on this subject.  As a society, we have become self centered and narcissistic.  Respect will definitely take a downward tumble as this continues to snowball.  As parents, we have to unleash this super power of Respect in order to raise men and women who will not only give but get respect in their relationships with others.  Being an example is the first step in the right direction.