Knowledge about the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly and children

1. Elderly people and children are vulnerable groups in society, and every citizen of our society has the responsibility and obligation to take more care of them. Respecting the elderly is the same as respecting ourselves. Caring for children is the same as caring for ourselves. Because everyone grows up from childhood, and everyone has the time to grow old.

2, respect for the elderly, to be old, the elderly life more care. People are old, there are always a lot of difficulties and inconvenience in life, we young people should always sympathize with them, as far as possible to give care. Respect for the elderly, but also from the spirit of the elderly to respect and comfort.

3, today, with the improvement of the material standard of living, the old man's biggest problem may no longer be lack of food and clothing, but need more spiritual comfort. A "often go home to see", sung all over the north and south of the Yangtze River, calling is the children's parents, but also young people to elders of respect and filial piety.

4, love the young, to love the young, do not indulge, do not arbitrary. Now the implementation of family planning, the family has fewer children than before, people's living conditions are also good, many families appeared too spoiled the phenomenon of children. Children become the family's "little emperor", want the stars, do not dare to pick the moon, the child's unreasonable requests for indulgence to accommodate. Doing so is not loving the child, but harming the child. This "love and care" is not conducive to the healthy growth of the child's personality.

5, many young people nowadays do not know what is wrong, even the most basic human nature are gone! In the bus ride, often see those young and strong to the old and weak women squeezed out of the car, in fact, in order to grab a few seats, the more annoying is that they grabbed the seat does not count but also for others to occupy.

Respecting the elderly and caring for the young is a traditional Chinese virtue that has been passed down for thousands of years. Mencius said: "Old as we are old, as well as people old, young as we are young, as well as people young. The world can be transported in the palm of your hand." It means, "Honor your own elders, and then respect the elders of others; take care of your own children, and then love and care for the children of others. If this is the case, the ideal of a prosperous nation and a peaceful people will be as easy to realize as if it were in the palm of one's hand."

Respecting elders and loving children is a manifestation of human self-respect. Because everyone has his or her own childhood, there is also the day of aging. At the same time, respect for the elderly and love for children is a social responsibility. Because respect for the elderly and love for children is to ensure that the family's harmony and happiness of the guarantee. The family is the cell of human society. Harmonious family is the foundation of a harmonious society.

December 1949, our government will be June 1 every year for Children's Day, to raise the importance of the whole society on the love of children. 1986, our government decided to the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year for the Chongyang Festival as "China's Elderly Day", so we have to respect the old and love the young.