In addition, when we were young and would have the gall to utter something impolite/inappropriate or just plain-old-fashion chutzpa to somebody, even if it wasn’t our relative, we would be screamed at, and “put into our place” VERRRY quick.
When my wife at the bungalow colony told the other kids to please be careful at the pool there are little 2 yr olds that are getting splashed on, they anwered her back with such chutzpa, and completely ignored her continuing to act wildly and totally disregarding other little kids around! My wife was appalled(to say the least!) and she approached their mothers who leisurely told them to behave and then laughed it off as if it was all a big joke! Parents are not helping the situation either, and especially in this generation, need to teach children importance of respecting elders.
If I would do THAT as a kid, my mother would slap me!! And I definitely wouldn’t answer back some other kid’s MOTHER!