When we were kids, we were always admonished to mind our manners. We had to say "please" and "thank you." We always wrote thank you letters for gifts received from friends and family, whether it be our birthdays or Christmas. Even as teenagers, we were obligated to make sure to acknowledge the good things that came our way.
Today, I know my friends still teach that to their children. Kids have to say "please" before they get whatever it is that they want, and are required to say "thank you" before they run off. How many times have you heard "What do you say?"
What I don't understand is what is the disconnect between the toddler years (Peas may I have a dwink?) to the teenage years. Today, teenagers and young adults have high expectations to what they SHOULD receive, and exhibit indignation when they don't get what they want, when the want it.
I have experienced several times in the recent months where kids have completely disregarded the simplest nicety. In the fast-paced technologies of today, people don't even take the three seconds it takes to send a note, a tweet, a post, a text, whatever. It only will perpetuate the unending cycle of the ungrateful people in this world.
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