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3/16/99

R E S P E C T 
"Willingness to show consideration or appreciation."

Respect is a family value.  It is something that is learned, it does not just happen.   An infant has no respect for anyone as they cry, kick and scream at any time and with any one.  They are not rude as we all understand that the infant knows no better.  Have you hugger an infant and had them " spit up" all over you?   Did you get upset and scream at the child?  Most likely not, yet if you were to give me a hug and I spit up all over you we would have a problem!

From an infant to a young adult, we are in a 24 hour training session trying our best to teach our youth respect.  It is not just the parent, it is all adults working together all the time.  Some children pick it up fast and others take forever!   A child that understands that they are a part of the family will be respectful from the start.  A selfish child that thinks only of themselves is never respectful.  In fact, often they will lie to get there way even to the point of having a parent placed in jail over there lies, only regretting it as they grow up.

Even as adults we continue to learn respect.  Our elders are often looked up to for there wisdom as over the years They have come to fully understand respect.  All people want respect yet not all people are respectful of others.
That is when a problem is born!

[company] is like a huge family!  Our SRVP and RVP are our ELDERS under the guidance of the family matriarch!  Of the people in [company], these people have EARNED respect and whether in our region or not, WE should NEVER be disrespectful to them.  

Next we have all the other leaders, they are the [company] parents.  Some of them are young parents, others are not.  Just like in a home, parents are not always perfect at the start.  They all make their share of mistakes and over time grow in wisdom.  They still are our parents and we NEED to show ALL of them respect.  Do we teach our children to respect all parents or just the ones we live with?  We teach them to respect ALL of them in your region or not!

Team leaders are the big sister or brother that are responsible enough to baby sit.   They are the young adults that will soon be a parent. You know what we have next.

The [company] infant, the place that we all start.  We each have our own personality.  Some of us are good little babies and some of us are brats.  Some of us just don't understand and some of us just want our way.  All of the parents have to work together to guide us into young adults and on our way to becoming parents ourselves.

This is our family structure in [company] that we have to live with!  Each leader raises there children with the help of our elders wisdom to guide them. It is NOT my place to tell you how to raise your children and your place to tell me how to raise mine!   We do however, have a responsibility to keep our eyes out for the safety of all the children.  If I see your children horsing around and you are not with them, I should tell them to stop and if they do not, I should let you know.  If you have a problem child and the other parents can't help you, go to your elder for help!

NOW THE PROBLEM, the PLAYGROUND also known as the internet!  All of us come from different families to the neighborhood park and playground.  Here all the children play together and the parents talk about raising the children.  The busy elders stop by from time to time to see what the kids are up to.  

All the elders just got back from a family meeting and the family matriarch is not happy with the playground.  In fact, many elders, parents and children are not happy as well.  The matriarch is a wise lady that is not going to let a few spoiled children and bad parents run things.  She must keep the functions of running the family under some control so that it is the wise that are making fair decisions! 

Can the matriarch shut down the playground?  NO!

Can she keep the wild and reckless from hurting people on the playground? NO!

What she CAN do is to keep to herself all the wonderful info that the elders have been passing down to us AT MEETINGS! 

The spoiled children are always kicking and screaming that they want info NOW and getting there way from a few bad parents.  Now the elders have been reprimanded for our bad behavior and soon may stop getting the info themselves to pass along.  You think that the spoiled children are fussing now, you haven't seen anything yet!

What I am saying is that the time has come for the leaders to set an example for the children, and RESPECT THE ELDERS!  When your elder gives you info at LEADERS MEETINGS, keep your mouth shut in the park as the children at play are to young to understand RESPECT and hear every word you say!  If your family has a meeting and pass out info, keep an eye on your children in the park so that they do not spoil Santa, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny for the other children and there families! 

The elders will see to there own families, you just keep an eye on yours and we all can play in peace in the park showing RESPECT for all people!

Live in peace and send your SRVP, RVP and Unit leaders a note showing your support in teaching our family love and RESPECT for all!  Hank

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