If he repudiates the elders' self-stifling manners, he also worries about the uninhibited, unconstrained impudence of young people who are more influenced by mass media and Western culture than by family and tradition.
When asked what they would prefer to see in their children (independence versus respect for elders; self-reliance versus obedience; being considerate versus being well-behaved; and curiosity versus good manners), authoritarians tend to select the more disciplined option.
The firebrand had come home to his wise elder self, and now he was going to take the rest of us home to the "new South Africa" with him.
Osipov wrote that it was inevitable that the audience, like the film's hero, Jake, would find that the Na'vi's culture was really the more civilized of the two, exemplifying "the qualities of kindness, gratitude, regard for the elder, self-sacrifice, respect for all life and ultimately humble dependence on a higher intelligence behind nature".
Long-term care facilities have difficulty facilitating elders' independent self-care.
Is he even now, every day, taking decisions based upon convictions that his elder statesman self will effectively dismiss as the cut and thrust of politics?
As in the British comedy series "Absolutely Fabulous," the square, hard-working younger generation looks askance at its elders' careless self-indulgence.
Tinetti et al. found that elders with self-reported 'serious foot problems' were more likely to fall during the 1-year follow-up than those without foot problems [ 20].
It's terrific casting to choose Waterston for the role of the keeper of books, the greedy and prophetic elder whose self-creation is his greatest creation.
Concerned adult children who have to witness forms of an elder's self-neglect are stuck in many ways, other than persisting in trying to offer a parent assistance or repeating the message of concern they have.
A total of 69% of elders reported their self-perceived health as good to normal in 1993, only 61% of the sample reported their self-perceived health as good to normal in 1999, and the percentage increased to 70% in 2007.
