Muscatine

I MAY be assuming, but, I think that there are a lot of us here on this board, that were brought up with a Mom AND a Dad.  You were taught the respect thing from BOTH angles, and, it was just bred into you as a part of the way people were.  It's a lot tougher now with one parent families.  Or, in the newest realm, "Grandparent" families.  Best of luck to you lilsmom, the peer pressure is quite severe these days.  Tom.

Yes, you are assuming.  I was raised by my mom.   I also believe that because of that I am a better person.  My mother wanted us to have the respect from the guys we dated that she didn't receive from our father.  I was also raised with many great grandparents in my life and I believe that  that has helped me learn to respect the elderly which you also don't see much of any more.  Yes there are more single parent families around now than in years past, but don't use that as an excuse for poorly behaved children/teens.

Yes I grew up with two parents, but my mom did the raising. Dad rarely chimed in on anything , left it up to mom.

And I agree tht there are many single parents raising kids these days but that is still no excuse for not having manners, respect etc etc.  I have no doubt it is very hard being a single parent or even a grandparent, but kids can still be raised right. I have helped a lot with my niece as her mom is a working single mom and believe me my niece has respect and manners. Sometimes it is easier to let the kids do as they please just not to argue and have the hassle, but that is really not doing the kids a favor.

I raised my boys to be gentlemen. Don't get me wrong....they were stinkers, as all boys could be. But I raised them to be respectful of the elderly, as in using "sir" or maam". Open doors, etc.

One time I was giving my youngest son's gf a ride home. She stepped out of the car and I slapped him up side the head and told him to walk her to the door. Both my boys would never dream of "honking" for a girl in front of her house.

But guess what?!....nobody cares. Girls don't want gentlemen now days. They want the "bad boys". Parents now days don't really care who their daughters date. One time late at night I checked on my son and a girl was still in my home! I had to tell her to go home. Another girl one of my sons was dating had a family that liked to use him for yard work (I raised my boys to be hard workers). I picked him up one day and he was post hole digging a fence for them.

So am I too hard on girls? I am only relaying what I have seen in my own home. Girls don't cook or clean nowdays. Some barely even work. And they wonder why men won't marry them. They lay around all day and are sneaky. I have seen some real doozies come through here. I could tell you stories