Teaching Respect
Respect is something everyone yearns for, but not everyone receives. Sometimes this is because they don’t deserve it, but other times it’s because the person they are talking to or interacting with doesn’t know how to show respect. It is not hard to show respect. Remember that respect given is respect returned.
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Instructions
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Follow the golden rule. In everything, do unto others as you’d have them do to you. If you treat everyone you meet the way you’d like to be treated, you can’t help but show respect.
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Explain to children that all people are created equal. Teach them that everyone is special in their own way, and they deserve to be treated nicely and valued as a person. After all, showing respect means letting the other person know you value their opinion and take what they say seriously.
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Teach boys to be respectful around girls. Make them open doors for their mother and other female relatives, watch their language around women, and stress the importance of never hitting a woman.
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Be open-minded. If you truly listen when someone is talking to you, give what they say some thought, and try to learn from it, you are showing respect for that person. This doesn’t mean you have to agree with everything another person says. Being respectful means giving other opinions a chance. It means not belittling what someone else thinks.
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Show young girls how to dress correctly. Let them know that the way they act and look will have a direct effect on the level of respect they receive. A girl who dresses provocatively will often be thought less of than one who dresses more appropriately. Girls should be allowed to express their own individuality with clothes. They just need to realize that showing everything off is not going to garner respect. It will do just the opposite. Teach girls that respect for yourself must come before respect from others. Showing everything with tight and short clothes is no way to respect yourself.
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Begin teaching respect early, and follow through as children grow. If you do this, they will be respectful as adults.
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Tips & Warnings
Teaching respect isn’t hard, but it does take consistency and time.
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offcgibby
Jul 16, 2009
Respect is earned not given. Women need to learn obdience to male authority. They need to be taught that assulting males is to be treated like treason against there country and thusfor needs to be punished harshly. Women need to learn that they obtain what they earn. I do aggree with tip number 5 though. No woman needs to dress like that.
