Playing By The Golden Rule: Something I Learned In Kindergarten

Great hub ... I am not sure when common courtesy became uncommon .

Hi there :)

This is a very sweet hub. Kudos to you!

Hi Sweetiepie,

As for the forums, improved hubscore or not, I will not participate. Seems that every one of the topics I go and read there is a disagreement or someone putting another down. This type of thing is just not for me so I do not participate, I just read.

I love the movie Pay It Forward! It really shows that simple kindness can go a long way. I also love the way that you reminded everyone to remember what they were taught in Kindergarten, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all"! These are words to live by.

Thanks,

Carol

Another relevant quote could be "Turn the other cheek"

Hi Sweetie Pie, there is indeed much to learn in kindergarten. In the preschool where you find me everyday, I find that to be absolutely true. Love your hub and the lessons contained in it. Keep on sharing your light and wisdom. :)

People who step out of bounds either had a brain hiccup, or are emotionally and intellectually bankrupt. The person who had the brain hiccup will apologize, the others won't even notice.

Rudeness never wins. You were just as entitled to your opinion as they were theirs; for them to label yours is low.

Walk on by. I LIKE random acts of kindness. Good hub, and smiles to you!

People who put others down are looking for attention. The best thing I can think to do is to ignore them, thereby preventing them from getting the notice they are looking for.

Here on HP, I am mindful that any response I make to a jab thrown at me is likely to raise either that person's hub score, or the hub score of the hubber who "accepts" the comment into a hub. Why should I make comments when doing so contributes to their increase in hub score? That would be rewarding them, wouldn't it?

One last thought...I have, we all have, limited energy. We are not here forever, and we can't do everything while we are here. Why waste energy fueling the rude fires of a crude person who lacks empathy and basic human respect by engaging with this person, when we can be directing our energies to the things and people who will make a positive difference?

SweetiePie, excellent hub, thoughtful comments, and a wonderful video!

Mind you, I agree we should be considerate. But when reading a reaction, we should also keep in mind that a comment may not be intended as offensive as it appears. People may come across as meaner than the really are. Communication is a two-way street. Both sides should be considerate :)

I ask myself: “would I be offended if someone else would say that to me?”. Treat others the way you want to be treated yourself. So I support your golden rule.

There is one thing to be said, however. My resilience may be bigger than yours (or anyone else’s for that matter). So a remark, that I may find completely innocent may upset you and vice versa.

Needless to say that terms such as “ignorant” are out of line, of course.

Sweetie Pie - You truly are one of the sweetest hubbers here. I enjoy your thoughtfulness and am glad that you published a hub on the simple ways we all benefit by living by the Golden Rule. I really love that movie Pay it Forward too! All the Best! Steph

I learned the same things in kindergarten and also was fortunate enough as a child to be taught this with some coherence by parents,teachers,TV and most other major cultural influences at the time.

Today children have so many conflicting examples it makes it more difficult to convey a convincing value to a code of conduct. One value they all seem to yearn for is to be "cool"

 One thought may be to demonstrate how cool it is to be in total control of your thoughts and totally confound the thugs and jerks in the world. The really respected martial artists never lose their cool and are unfailingly and in many cases excessively polite. The whole idea of jujitsu is to take an attackers move and make use of it to make them look foolish. A little verbal jujitsu with the idea of taking a crude verbal insult from someone and use of a measured politeness to make the attacker look and feel foolish might appeal to kids of all ages.

The Golden Rule, SweetiePie, is a wonderful philosophy to live by. Unfortunately, there are many who put themselves above all others. Those who disparage others reveal their own insecurity. Personally, I don't let them get me down, rather I feel sorry for those who fail to see that life is much too short to behave poorly. Your video is very inspirational. If only we had more teachers like that!

Let's face it parents, a lot of the things we were taught as children still has "core value" but today's children are lacking a lot more than old fashion "common sense" - the best way to deal with today's youth is to participate as much as you can by volunteering. This is to witness and learn how youth interact with one another. Volunteering parents' objective is not to raise someone else child; but to witness the environment to help ones own child cope with their environment.

You will be surprised as to how immature a lot of the instructors are. Many of the most immature instructors also do not have children.

I am the blended mother of three adults with nine grands and one great grand; I have two adult children; two grands and a minor (high school junior).

My spouse and I had to change a lot of rearing applications with our minor for his generation is a lot different that that of his older brothers and sisters. He is a very decent young man; however, both my spouse and I are constantly learning new things about his generation that keeps us in awe.

I love our son's expression of "spiritual run" - that's what he does when he's in a situation that he knows will not work in New Jerusalem (our expression for Heaven)

What was the old saying sticks and stones will break my bone but names will never hurt me.

I believe if you cannot say something nice then SHUT UP. The world is changing so much that there is no respect anymore. What is wrong with the human race. I try to put comments on the hubs of people who put comments on mine.

Sometimes I probably do not put good enough comments simply because I do not know quite what to say. But I still reply in kind with at least saying. Very interesting or helpful etc. etc Surely anyone can at least say something nice.

It costs them nothing, except a few seconds of their life. Wake up hubbers and do your bit to support the others.

hey sweetie nice hub u make i like it soo much

SweetiePie, I love this hub. I think every one should have seen this video! I really am sorry, to not having many more so passionate school teachers as it is presented in this wonderful video.

Yes, you got me alright. If you really like poetry I have a few written on hubpages.

I was only kidding. Would be hard to get it to me fresh you know. :P

Thanks, but I thought you might bake me a pan of it. :P

I can understand that even in jest we all can go too far. Now where's my apple butter bread?

Very well said. Keep your chin up. I believe the forum post was made only in jest.

Very true. When asked what the greatest commandment was, Jesus replied, Love God and then love your neighbor as yourself. Easy to say, difficult to do. I appreciate your voice. Blessings.

This will never happen LOL