A people that do not honor elders have no (cultural) inheritance
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LORD taught us to honor elders in [Lev 19:32].

LORD : "You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God." [Lev. 19:32]




2.

Experience will not accumulate if people do not honor elders, and such people will have no (cultural) inheritance.

Every generation will learn afresh, will learn painful experiences afresh.




3.

Education of Indian youth
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The following is taken from an article, about education of Indian youth,

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Traditional Indian Education

The traditional way through which Native American children were educated for the responsibilities that they would assume as adults was by working with and imitating their elders. There was no "school" as it was understood by nineteenth century Europeans. Rather, children were allowed to roam freely throughout the community stopping and asking questions when and where they pleased. Children would work companionably alongside their parents or other adults, helping in small ways and gaining confidence and ability in various skills. Children often engaged in what the Dakota referred to as "small play", impersonating adults and mimicking their activities, conversations, and manners.

Grandparents played a very important role in the education of children. Grandmothers, for example, bore responsibility for making girls "well behaved women". A grandmother would take it upon herself to tutor her granddaughter in the subtleties of daily life, such as how to move, how to interact with elders, where to sit at ceremonial occasions. In the evening it was common to send a daughter to her grandmother bearing a gift of food or tobacco. The gift was an invitation to the grandmother to instruct the child in the tribe's traditions that would help the girl understand both her place in the tribe and her people's place in the world.

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4.

Muslims also learn from their elders. The youth would sit around teachers in mosque, and listen to their teachings. Even in villages, the youth would sit around and learn from elders.



5.

Honoring the elderly is getting worse and worse in many countries nowadays. In some countries, children would even hit their parents, would point guns at their parents.




Wu Siu Yan

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