old school for the new school

Raising children is hard. When I was a child we were taught to be respectful, to be self entertained, and most of all seen and not heard. Now I cannot complain because of how I was raised I would say I am a better person for it! It gave me a sense of respect for not only older people but even people from my own generation. It taught me how to not have to rely on people to keep me entertained or keep me busy. I think the rule of being seen and not heard also gave us an advantage to be able to observe how one should and should not interact with others. You can learn so much that way.
            Now that I have children of my own some of these rules transitioned over to my parenting. Its so difficult to raise children now days in a society that has no grasp on how to treat people. We have three different parenting scenarios one is that you have kids raising kids. Another one is you have parents who are grown adults acting like big kids who want their cake and to eat it too. Then you have those parents who try and raise up a family with morals and expectations. Now don't get me wrote g people in these three categories can intertwine but for the most part they all kind of play their own roles.
           Well my son that is school age came home and informed me that his friend was talking inappropriately on the bus. He was being disrespectful to different genders and come to find out earlier this year his friend was also being disrespectful towards me and another women. My son came out and informed me of this and the first thing out of his mouth when he told me was mom what he said was very disrespectful. WOW is all I could think when he said that. Wow in a too way that my child knows how to treat people and women regardless of age. I had a moment of proudness of him. He is only 8 but he is already 10 steps ahead of the game. One day a women will see what he has to offer and its because he will know how to speak to a women's heart.
              Him and I discussed it and I just reinforce to my son that everyone comes in all shapes, sizes and skin tones but we are all people and we all have feelings. I can only hope that by this society that we now call "normal" that his kind, sweet, and respectful self isn't squashed or hindered by all these children who need the guidance and higher expectations for how they should behave.