{"id":3234,"date":"2025-05-03T01:21:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:22:34","slug":"who-else-grew-up-during-a-time-when-respecting-your-elders-was-non-negotiable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=3234","title":{"rendered":"WHO ELSE GREW UP DURING A TIME WHEN RESPECTING YOUR ELDERS WAS NON-NEGOTIABLE??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"449\">There was a time\u2014not that long ago\u2014when <em data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"158\">&#8220;good morning&#8221;<\/em> wasn\u2019t optional, when walking past an elder without a greeting was considered a silent rebellion. A time when children didn\u2019t interrupt adults mid-conversation, when &#8220;please&#8221; and &#8220;thank you&#8221; weren\u2019t cute additions\u2014they were required manners drilled into us before we could even ride a bike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"950\">Back then, the dining table was sacred. You didn\u2019t scroll through phones at dinner because&#8230; well, there were no phones. But more than that, you listened to your parents, grandparents, even your neighbor\u2019s grandmother, with a level of reverence that felt natural. Elders weren\u2019t just \u201colder people,\u201d they were walking encyclopedias, storytellers, protectors of wisdom. They could stop you in the street to correct your posture or ask why your shirt wasn\u2019t ironed\u2014and you listened. You <em data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"949\">apologized<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"974\">Today? It\u2019s different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1262\">We live in an era where authority is questioned instantly, often online. Kids call adults by their first names. Boundaries are blurrier. Parents are afraid to discipline, and teachers are sometimes scared to correct. Respect isn\u2019t always assumed\u2014it has to be earned, explained, debated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1400\">The difference is deeper than manners. It\u2019s cultural. It\u2019s generational. Respect used to be the foundation\u2014now it\u2019s often the exception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1523\">Maybe we were too strict. Maybe today is too relaxed. But somewhere in between is a balance we still haven\u2019t quite found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1525\" data-end=\"1666\">Because those of us who grew up during that time\u2026 we <em data-start=\"1578\" data-end=\"1584\">feel<\/em> the shift. And sometimes, we miss the weight of those quiet rules that shaped us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>There was a time\u2014not that long ago\u2014when &#8220;good morning&#8221; wasn\u2019t optional, when walking past an elder without a greeting was considered a silent rebellion. A <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=3234\" title=\"WHO ELSE GREW UP DURING A TIME WHEN RESPECTING YOUR ELDERS WAS NON-NEGOTIABLE??\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3236,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions\/3236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}