I’m with oomis. I get extremely annoyed when children don’t stand up for older people.
For example, when I am at a kiddush and a parent is sitting at one of the (few!) tables with his/her 4 young children next to him/her, and there are MANY adults without seats (yes, older men/women and pregnant women), it makes me so sad. What kind of parents are you?? I (and my siblings) were never, ever, EVER was allowed sit at a kiddush or in shul unless EVERY single man/woman in the room had a seat or did not want to sit. And neither were we allowed to be of the ‘first’ to grab food. Children don’t take before adults. Children don’t sit before adults.
And before you all scream out that ‘this is what makes children go off the derech’ etc. let me tell you that we did NOT resent it. It taught us how to respect people older then us. Until this day, I will stand the entire davening if there is someone older than me without a seat.