Respect In The United States

Emigrating here from a different country you would think that respect is definitely an aspect that remains the same throughout the whole world, but not necessarily so. Respect in the United States is virtually nonexistent, particularly the respect that children have towards their parents. That’s something I really can’t wrap my head around, coming from a southeast Asian country. Respect is something that us foreign kids are taught at a very young age, unlike here. Here it seems like even seniors in high school don’t know a single thing about respect whatsoever.
It really is just so hurtful to see how kids curse at their parents without any care in the world, even in public. Unfortunately, even some of my friends do this in their home and its
I learned in psychology that between the ages of two to six is the most important developmental stages of someone’s life, which actually is very accurate. Kids follow in their parents’ footsteps because whatever you teach them, that’s what you will get out from them as an end result. Like my parents taught me to respect anyone that’s older than me. No matter who they were, even if I didn’t know them at all, my job was to respect them. I really do owe it to my parents for raising me like this, because of them I have way better relationships with people in general than most others do all the time. I truly do believe that whatever you learn at a young age really does carry over to your adult life tremendously. Respect is something without a doubt will you affect in the work world too because if you don’t show respect towards your boss, guess what will happen next? Yeah, you won’t be calling him boss for much longer anymore. Also, if you don’t respect and get along with your co-workers, they will definitely file a complaint, which will lead to you getting fired pretty