Parents: How About The Forgotten Curriculum?

The new school year has started. It is time for youngsters from the ages of 5 to 18 years to get going and continue to prepare themselves for the years to come. In accordance to their ages and grades in school, they will be learning academics.  You know: The "3 Rs.  "riting," "reading," "rithmetic."  (A couple of misspelled words there to make a point) How about the "4th R"?  The 4th R is simple yet very important. It gets to the core of human interaction.  It facilitates, or can complicate communication. It can make a social environment comfortable.  The lack of it can make it seem hostile.  Even when it truly is not.  It is quite simple and easy to practice, unless you do not like people and you tend to be intolerant of their differences.  My advice:  work on it. Get good at it. The practice of it pays dividends.  It is called respect.  If you have not learned it at school, make it a point to learn it anyway.  You won't be sorry.  "Give respect, get respect."