Mommy, You are right to raise your sons with respect toward women. Unfortunately in todays society there aren't enough parents teaching their children any type of respect. No respect for their parents or elders. No respect for any type of authority figure. I feel that this country is being overrun by a bunch of half raised brats. Look at the crime rates that involve teenagers and younger kids. I feel that parents do their children a great injustice when they don't teach them basic values that the majority of we adults were taught by our parents. Too many parents don't ever tell their children NO when they want everything that they see. My oldest daughter went to school with a girl that wouldn't date a guy unless he would have sex with her. What's wrong this picture?? Too many young girls these days are performing oral sex on guys when they are barely a teenager themselves. Our children are going no where fast if parents don't take hold of their own in time to stop this behavior. I hate to see what this country will be like when my grandchildren get to be teenagers. I probably won't live to see it for worrying about it. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PARENTS THESE DAYS??

I fully agree with you,Debbie,if respect was inforced in our children then there wouldn't be near as much crime in the world.Our parents required us to have respect. Why don't we require it with our children.

I required it of mine. My oldest daughter who is 33 tells her friends that she don't talk back to her mama. Even if she is 33 yrs.old. She said she still remembers me mashing her mouth for doing it when she was young. I was strict but also loving and tried to teach them how to survive and be responsible adults. She does pretty good except when it comes to cleaning her house.

I fully intend to teach this to my grandson,Jose',to be respectful,as well.i feel that it's very neglectful of parents not to teach respect,almost as bad as not feeding or caring for them.

Isn't a parents job to teach their children what is acceptable behavior and what is not?? If we fail at that, we can't expect someone else to do it for us. The schools surely can't do it. The only other people who can are law enforcement and the court systems. And by the time it gets that bad, it's usually too late. If we don't start when they are toddlers, we might as well not try when they are teenagers. They are like clay and it's our job to help mold them into productive members of society. Not someone that thinks the world should be laid at their doorstep and the world owes them something.

well, i've wondered the same thing. i hate all the cussing, i too feel it is disrespectful. and i can't believe how much of it there is on tv. i also try to teach my sons to talk respectfully and not cuss in front of girls, but have found that the girls cuss just as much as the guys. i feel it is harder and harder to teach our sons to respect girls, especially when then girls aren't showing self respect.

My youngest daughter is the same as my boys.She knows what respect is and uses it.I demand respect from my children and I also show them respect.I don't yell and scream or cuss at them.I feel like that is abuse.I have heard alot of parents do it,but I don't have to because I taught my children at a young age to respect adults.My parents demanded of me and I demand it if of them and I hope they will demand respect of their children.Even if they don't I will and I will be very active in grandchildrens lives.....M

My youngest daughter is the same as my boys.She knows what respect is and uses it.I demand respect from my children and I also show them respect.I don't yell and scream or cuss at them.I feel like that is abuse.I have heard alot of parents do it,but I don't have to because I taught my children at a young age to respect adults.My parents demanded of me and I demand it if of them and I hope they will demand respect of their children.Even if they don't I will and I will be very active in grandchildrens lives.....M

My youngest daughter is the same as my boys.She knows what respect is and uses it.I demand respect from my children and I also show them respect.I don't yell and scream or cuss at them.I feel like that is abuse.I have heard alot of parents do it,but I don't have to because I taught my children at a young age to respect adults.My parents demanded of me and I demand it if of them and I hope they will demand respect of their children.Even if they don't I will and I will be very active in grandchildrens lives.....M

My youngest daughter is the same as my boys.She knows what respect is and uses it.I demand respect from my children and I also show them respect.I don't yell and scream or cuss at them.I feel like that is abuse.I have heard alot of parents do it,but I don't have to because I taught my children at a young age to respect adults.My parents demanded of me and I demand it if of them and I hope they will demand respect of their children.Even if they don't I will and I will be very active in grandchildrens lives.....M

I don't know why this copied 4 times unless it's because i got a hug while I was writing it ....sorry.

I admire when people teach manners, it seems to be more practiced in the south. I have a good friend whose sons say "Yes, Ma'am" and "Sir", I absolutely love it. Old fashioned, maybe, but what's so great about "new" if it means young ppl who are disrespectful. I don't get it. I think respect takes intelligence, and disrespect is low i.q., as if Jerry Springer is acceptible, which it isn't.

As I have said many times in regards to my son (who is now 20)... he can be grumpy, irritatble and has every right to voice his opinion, anger, dislike, etc. But he may NOT disrespect me or any other person of authority. I try to instill integrity, morals, kindness and generousity in all of my children. And I think that we need to continue to teach our sons, as well as our daughters, these very important values.

I don't know if I agree that people who swear, turn into criminals and woman abusers, but I agree that there are some things that shouldn't be said in public or to your parents male or female. My husband was a sailor, and he swears, not at me of course, but he does. Just because I'm a woman, doesn't make me more offended than a man. So if you think swearing is not to be done in front of a woman, then why is locker room behavior ok for men to exchange?
Swearing is either wrong in all circumstances or it isn't. I don't believe that we should be the word police. My son doesn't swear at me, his girlfriend, his boss, or his co-workers, but if he were to use a swear word in my presence, I wouldn't go off the deep end. I do agree that there is too much graphic violence, on tv, and in movies. I don't even like the sport of boxing, to me it is just legalized assault. Violence is my issue, swearing seems minor in comparison. Just my opinion, and I also don't want to offend anyone with my reply. Good topic though, I think issues like these should be discussed. Thanks for posting it.

A very interesting post and something I see all too often in the doctor's office. The heart of the problem stems from parenting.