I strongly believe that all kids learn by example.

My neighbor called me because a few teens were playing between houses. He confronted them and they were very disrespectful. Now my neighbor is 80+ so it was like a pack of mad dogs on him. They took turns throwing out their insults and obscene gestures so the older fellow approached their grandfather who himself looks like he had a crappy upbringing. The 80+ year old man tells the 65 year old grandpa about the kids bad behavior. Grandpa just says kids will be kids. It was not like that when I was growing up. First the neighbor had permission to set me straight and then when my folks found out I got it x2. There is a problem in this country. My kids were brought up to respect their elders and others' property with common courtesy and turning a blind eye was never one of my strong points. How did you raise your kids? How did you deal with others' unruly children?

I'm by no means the best parent, but my kids know how to talk to their elders. I have never allowed them to be disrespectful to anyone in or out of the house. My kids always knew that being rude in public didn't fly. I can't stand kids running around the table at restaurants and my kids never tried, they don't yell down the table if we're out with a large group. I don't allow them to walk through stores on their phones or with their ear buds in. My daughters are 22 and 18 both have jobs and the youngest will graduate high school in 8 weeks and still know I will not tolerate rudeness, being disrespectful, or loud. I do expect them to hold the door for their elders and if an elderly person looks like they could use a hand with something they can help with, they are to do so. I honestly can't recall having to tell them to do or not do any of the things. I strongly believe that all kids learn by example.

Not teens, but just a year year out of them. We purchased a house in Whitehouse Tx, for our twin boys to go to UT Tyler and also had tow of their friends renting the other bedrooms. We met the new neighbors across the street that moved in about a month after we bought the college house. They called me aside and wanted to talk to be about our boys.
They said they were really worried about having 4 young kids living next door to them unsupervised but that they were truly amazed with their behavior. After they purchased the house, they flew back to California and packed up everything into a big U-Haul and drove to the new house. They were gone for three weeks and knew that would have an overgrown yard to mow. They were really surprised when they rounded the corner and saw a well manicured yard awaiting them. He told me that both of our boys helped them unload, move in and helped set up their house.
When everyone graduated and we sold the house, they said they hated to see them leave.
Really made me proud.

Not teens, but just a year year out of them. We purchased a house in Whitehouse Tx, for our twin boys to go to UT Tyler and also had tow of their friends renting the other bedrooms. We met the new neighbors across the street that moved in about a month after we bought the college house. They called me aside and wanted to talk to be about our boys.
They said they were really worried about having 4 young kids living next door to them unsupervised but that they were truly amazed with their behavior. After they purchased the house, they flew back to California and packed up everything into a big U-Haul and drove to the new house. They were gone for three weeks and knew that would have an overgrown yard to mow. They were really surprised when they rounded the corner and saw a well manicured yard awaiting them. He told me that both of our boys helped them unload, move in and helped set up their house.
When everyone graduated and we sold the house, they said they hated to see them leave.
Really made me proud.

Well, I guess I'm on my way to speak with some parents. I just saw one of their garage doors open and they have the walls all busted up and whats not busted is covered in foul words and vulgar pictures. Probably going to be like talking to a rock.

Curious what the outcome was...

There are a few bad seeds but generally you are 99.9% correct.

Not a kid on the street yesterday and only one of 3 houses opened the door. Dad said it wouldn't happen again and had his kid go and apologize. He will also be helping with the gardening. I'll be waiting on the opportunity to speak with the others' parents soon.