parents not teaching kids manners
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Recently,i was shopping with my wife and son.At the supermarket,I witnessed a very distubing scene.
A little boy,no more than 4 or 5 yrs, ran headlong into an elderly man.As i waited for a response,I got the biggest shock of my life! The boy looked at the man and said"Watch where you are going!" The boy's mother,who was standing nearby,simply smiled proudly at her son. The look on the elderly man's face was priceless.He was obviously disgusted with outcome but he just walked away.Sadly, those who did not witness the full event gave the poor man such evil glares.
That incident left me with a bad taste in my mouth and ruined my mood for the rest of the evening.Thankfully,my son of 16 yrs was equally disturbed by the event and that gave me hope.
My thoughts conclude that if we are not going to be careful about bring up future generations with proper mannerisms,this country is going to have to deal the additional problems that it will bring soon..........."sigh"
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cannot help even if parents teach. itts in the blood. the kid's bad like parents not anyone's fault.
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Me too, i hate all these old cuckoo blocking my way while i do my shopping, all like zombie like this...
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how many parents are really teaching their kids from young. dun say kids, look at how adults are bahaving at mrt, buses etc. so kiasu, passengers haven come out, got people rushing in liao in mrt. dun you see that everyday in mrt stations meh?
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Originally posted by angel7030:
Me too, i hate all these old cuckoo blocking my way while i do my shopping, all like zombie like this...
you will be old someday too lol
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culture gettin lousy la, courtesy is highly ignored in singapore=x
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young parents nowadays treat their dirty little poops like precious
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welcome to sgf
welcome to sg
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You see how that old bastard LKY never teach his son properly too and now his stupid son is ruining our country.
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I believe that Angel7030 is getting the wrong idea.
The old man was not in the wrong,LOL. He was just standing there looking at the products.
Firstly,if my boy was responsible for bumping into an elderly gentleman,I would have gotten him to apologise to the man.If not,I myself would have to apologise respectfully.
That boy obviously treats others like they were below his pay grade,LOL,and theres no second guess to where he got that attitude from.I mean,his mother just stood there smiling like a queen happy to see her son showing authority to a maid in her imaginary castle.
Pride like that is going to be a killer problem here.If it isn't already.......
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
how many parents are really teaching their kids from young. dun say kids, look at how adults are bahaving at mrt, buses etc. so kiasu, passengers haven come out, got people rushing in liao in mrt. dun you see that everyday in mrt stations meh?
can't beat them? join them
i kinda sian already everytime i want go out bunch of idiots standing infront of the gate..
i just use a skill learn from workers here.
Bangala DASH
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Falcon punch?
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Originally posted by fearless1311:
I believe that Angel7030 is getting the wrong idea.
The old man was not in the wrong,LOL. He was just standing there looking at the products.
Firstly,if my boy was responsible for bumping into an elderly gentleman,I would have gotten him to apologise to the man.If not,I myself would have to apologise respectfully.
That boy obviously treats others like they were below his pay grade,LOL,and theres no second guess to where he got that attitude from.I mean,his mother just stood there smiling like a queen happy to see her son showing authority to a maid in her imaginary castle.
Pride like that is going to be a killer problem here.If it isn't already.......
member since sept 06 but only got 3 posts. what happen?
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1 year 1 post ma...
only one year maybe on leave... -
Originally posted by angel7030:
Me too, i hate all these old cuckoo blocking my way while i do my shopping, all like zombie like this...
hi during the shopping please don't foeget to buy the baby trolley chair. i am expecting your baby so must get the items ready before giving birth
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Originally posted by youyayu:
can't beat them? join them
i kinda sian already everytime i want go out bunch of idiots standing infront of the gate..
i just use a skill learn from workers here.
Bangala DASH
u know what I do? either I say excuse me loud or I just push my way if the passenger is dreaming or dun wanna move. if you say excuse me loud, most will make way for you, save for 1 or 2, who pretend they dun hear you or just dun want to move their ass.
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Originally posted by darkhour:
culture gettin lousy la, courtesy is highly ignored in singapore=x
wrong, courteousy is not our culture. our culture are kiasu, kiasi and being rude.
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You cannot teach what you do not know.
Singaporeans are decended from the Chinese peasants, and they have rather poor ettiquette, to say the least.
Hence they pass down their own ways- spitting, black face, selfishness, stinginess, lack of manners.
This can only be overcome by a huge influx of people who have good manners. Otherwise putting posters of the side of buses is useless since one of the things Singaporeans, especially the olderones, do, is ignore that sort of tripe. Besides, what's the point of telling people to behave better, without some incentive, instruction, or fear of punishment?
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Originally posted by OneWithTheForce:
You cannot teach what you do not know.
Singaporeans are decended from the Chinese peasants, and they have rather poor ettiquette, to say the least.
Hence they pass down their own ways- spitting, black face, selfishness, stinginess, lack of manners.
This can only be overcome by a huge influx of people who have good manners. Otherwise putting posters of the side of buses is useless since one of the things Singaporeans, especially the olderones, do, is ignore that sort of tripe. Besides, what's the point of telling people to behave better, without some incentive, instruction, or fear of punishment?
What kind of shit are you descended from? -
Because parents are busy......because cost of living is high....so both parents must work....and they usually work long hours.....and the kid is also stressed by tuition, enrichment classes, piano lessons.....not to mention the internet and TV......so no time to learn social manners.....
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Originally posted by Veggie Bao:
Because parents are busy......because cost of living is high....so both parents must work....and they usually work long hours.....and the kid is also stressed by tuition, enrichment classes, piano lessons.....not to mention the internet and TV......so no time to learn social manners.....
on the contrary i see people greeting everyone good morning at work. so this is the excuse to show you are courteous? when retrenchment come everyone still grett everyone gutten tag but at the back working towards everyone's demise hoping they can keep their jobs, by any means possible. so i really do not think they have no manners. just that they only show it like a sheep skin they wear over the body. they show manners only during certain situation. don't think youngsters nowadays are smarter and more sly than one knows. they inherited from their 'busy' parents. -
Originally posted by OneWithTheForce:
You cannot teach what you do not know.
Singaporeans are decended from the Chinese peasants, and they have rather poor ettiquette, to say the least.
Hence they pass down their own ways- spitting, black face, selfishness, stinginess, lack of manners.
This can only be overcome by a huge influx of people who have good manners. Otherwise putting posters of the side of buses is useless since one of the things Singaporeans, especially the olderones, do, is ignore that sort of tripe. Besides, what's the point of telling people to behave better, without some incentive, instruction, or fear of punishment?
so influx of chinese? chinese over more chinese? that makes things worse
how about indians? or malays? maybe some japanese, koreans, europeans? africans perhaps? thais, viet, cambodia, indons, americans? mexicans?
alamak roti pao li ay lan par lar
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you are either taught or not taught by your parents having values and manners. that said, you either have it or no after all is said and done.
so far in my life, I have never ever meet a truly kind, courteous, compassionate and understanding singaporean. I think this person never exists. if anyone know such person, pls let me know so that I can go befriend him/her.
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I guess its wishful thinking, bring up the old kampong spirit days.I sure miss those times.Barbecue weekends,neighbourhood excursions,friendly greetings.We seemed to all get along really well back then.Race was never an issue.I had all kinds of races living along my kampong.
People are unfortunately cautious nowadays due to fear.Fear of being sued for even trying to help others.I believe you guys have a few experiences of your own.Like trying to help someone after an accident.....and getting a letter dayafter for u to appear in court for not administrating the right procedure..LOL
Being suspicious of good willed people is also kinda growing these days.Thanks to scammers and money hungry people out to make a quick buck from you.
All together,I believe there are too many points to bring up.Like with"OneWithTheForce" ,we probably have to accept that unless by force or incentive,we will change.But of course,doing it that way is just absolute wrong as well!
So i guess...no solution loh.We all should mind our own business and protect only what is ours.How terribly sad!
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parents should really teach their kids manners...if not the future will be even worse...