Kids nowadays not as polite...agree?
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Over the past few days, I have given out a few hundred bucks in angpows to kids, most of them I don't even know. I notice that many of these kids stick their hands out at me wanting angpows, but they are not willing to greet me or even thank me after I give the angpow to them.
In the past, my mom taught me to greet everyone during CNY with auspicious sayings and to thank the givers after I receive the angpows. Now, most kids take the angpows and run away, and some even had the cheek to open the angpows in front of me...
Don't the parents of these rude children teach them about the simple social graces? Is this why we have to have courtesy campigns every year, so as to remind us of the politeness that we have lost in the past few decades? -
without a thank you?
no wonder ang bao money decreasing. -
Kids finger are the most sensitive one. One touch will know inside got how much.
Try putting a stack of $10 x 5. They'll make your day. 
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Not all but some.. but really some are spoilt..
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mayb nwadays too much gd food tat led to their brains grow super fast..
thus they forget wads basic manners.. -
couldn't agree more. my teenage son brought his classmates home and non called you. they just walk into my son room as if you don't exists.
Once they bought a small $70 cake to celebrate someone birthday at my place but never even bother to offer a slice to you.
haiz..... parents don't teach their kids anymore. -
i think the prob is with the parents, not the kids
parents no teach properly -
more likely this happened.Originally posted by SevenEleven:couldn't agree more. my teenage son brought his classmates home and non called you. they just walk into my son room as if you don't exists.
Once they bought a small $70 cake to celebrate someone birthday at my place but never even bother to offer a slice to you.
haiz..... parents don't teach their kids anymore.
fren: eh, wan gib ur father a slice anot?
son: NO NEED LA!! we eat can already!!
fren: ok lor. -
hmm~. why abit like me arrOriginally posted by Ito_^:more likely this happened.
fren: eh, wan gib ur father a slice anot?
son: NO NEED LA!! we eat can already!!
fren: ok lor. -
Not me. Im still as polite as ever. It all boils down to the family tradition la, parents got teach, kids turn out polite and good, parents nv teach. kids turn out to be another pile of junk.
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you will do that?Originally posted by Ito_^:more likely this happened.
fren: eh, wan gib ur father a slice anot?
son: NO NEED LA!! we eat can already!!
fren: ok lor.
thanks for the offer. its not the end for some parent who would teach their children basic mannerism -
argee...
they got angry over very little things n always take things for granted
not say kids sometimes..adults also.. -
Maybe after the kids come out to the work society, then they will learn about etiquette bah, now, they are just kids, forgive and forget bah
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not really..parents do a part but for most...must depends n see the kids themselfOriginally posted by TYING:Not me. Im still as polite as ever. It all boils down to the family tradition la, parents got teach, kids turn out polite and good, parents nv teach. kids turn out to be another pile of junk.
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what can you do when there are parents and relatives that chuckles when a toddler reaches his hands out for angpow, and burst into laughters when he takes it and runs away into hiding?
it all begins from young. -
my friends mostly polite kind..
only a small handful are the no manners or quiet quiet type..
normally i dun bring them back home 1.. -
ya lo.Originally posted by FireIce:i think the prob is with the parents, not the kids
parents no teach properly
when i was young, mom told me to say 1 or 2 phrases of 'gd' words to ppl b4 taking the angpow...
now im still doin it, dat means dat parents play an important part. -
even if they were to teach..
the kids want to listen not..still up to them..
so..nth much the parents can do.. people just say ..listen or not..
thats not something we can control -
no la. rebellious age mah, show what a rebel they can be.Originally posted by SevenEleven:you will do that? thanks for the offer. its not the end for some parent who would teach their children basic mannerism
same reason why many kids gets older, they dun wan to follow their parents everywhere. -
I dono for you. But my parents brought me up in a strict ways. Nowadays you see kids calling their relatives just auntie and uncle, but not like da sao, da bo and yi ma etc etc. So i really thing its how the parents bring up the child when they are young.Originally posted by SGpork:not really..parents do a part but for most...must depends n see the kids themself
Its better to shape their attitude when young. -
If you teach from young from 5 years old to 8 years old they will follow, of course as they grow older they will have their own thinking and more independent thinking..
So by that time it will be too late to teach correct and proper manners.. -
yea yea..ur rightOriginally posted by TYING:I dono for you. But my parents brought me up in a strict ways. Nowadays you see kids calling their relatives just auntie and uncle, but not like da sao, da bo and yi ma etc etc. So i really thing its how the parents bring up the child when they are young.
Its better to shape their attitude when young.
but for some...they will..n what about the other some..they wont..
time change..pple change..as they grow up
so..
of cos..people like u..will be nice
kkz..n this thread will goes on..
ill stop posting..since i already say my point.. -
not so, but i noticed that kids do grow up faster as compared to the past, as in the physical sense.
my nephews and cousins, now sec 2, still greet me korkor when they see me
or maybe they are exposed to the internet too early too soon, they picked up bad manners from there. -
Kids tend to emulate their parents. That's how they'd normally pick social graces up.Originally posted by blueheeler:Over the past few days, I have given out a few hundred bucks in angpows to kids, most of them I don't even know. I notice that many of these kids stick their hands out at me wanting angpows, but they are not willing to greet me or even thank me after I give the angpow to them.
In the past, my mom taught me to greet everyone during CNY with auspicious sayings and to thank the givers after I receive the angpows. Now, most kids take the angpows and run away, and some even had the cheek to open the angpows in front of me...
Don't the parents of these rude children teach them about the simple social graces? Is this why we have to have courtesy campigns every year, so as to remind us of the politeness that we have lost in the past few decades?
But these days, Singapore's moms and dads are too busy working their lives away. Kids then turn, unguided, to other kids or adults around them. Another great factor is online games. It's not the online games that are bad - it's the lack of proper guidance on how to interpret behaviour and distinguish "right" from "wrong".
The result - antisocial, rude kids. -
should teach them a lesson by giving hell money in the ang pow...mwahahaOriginally posted by blueheeler:Over the past few days, I have given out a few hundred bucks in angpows to kids, most of them I don't even know. I notice that many of these kids stick their hands out at me wanting angpows, but they are not willing to greet me or even thank me after I give the angpow to them.
In the past, my mom taught me to greet everyone during CNY with auspicious sayings and to thank the givers after I receive the angpows. Now, most kids take the angpows and run away, and some even had the cheek to open the angpows in front of me...
Don't the parents of these rude children teach them about the simple social graces? Is this why we have to have courtesy campigns every year, so as to remind us of the politeness that we have lost in the past few decades?