Nowadays, young people do not generally show proper respect to elderly people.

"Nowadays, young people do not generally show proper respect to elderly people.

Please discuss the possible impact of the above phenomena on our social values and the structure of the society. "

Gone are the days when parents’ words were divine commandments to children, and seniors transpired an awed veneration among the young. Those days are gone, for better or for worse.

Many argue that more liberal a society, where equality engulfs age, is potentially more harmonious. It is true that in the modern nuclear family children, girls as well as boys, are more at ease and therefore get greater opportunities for psycho-social development as opposed to how they were raised 50 years ago. Child psychologists believe that if parents descend from their traditional aloofness and get closer to their children on the basis of love, care and friendship, rather than authority, the young feel more secured, are more easily educated and lesser likely to be involved in deviant behavior. Also, such children as adults may be more spontaneously committed to their aging parents. Outside the family, at workplace, for example, colleagues reaching beyond the boundaries of age contribute to a more ambient and productive environment.