Most important personal quality in my family

One reason that I am proud of being a Chinese is that China has a colorful and rich history. Tracing back to thousands years ago, the personal quality was treated seriously and was considered a important part of the old society. Some of those moral thoughts still exist and many people today. In my family, the most important personal quality is respecting and caring elders.

My parents always tell me that I should respect elders and give a hand to them; never argue with them because they have more life experiences than me. Although they may be wrong sometimes, I should try my best to understand them, respect them and love them. Their greatest wish is to get care and attention from their children. But when I was young, I could hardly understand my parents' words. There was one thing that made a big impression on me and taught me the meaning of respecting and helping elders. Once when my parents and I was on our way to another town to visit my grandparents, my father saw an old woman who was carrying a big batch of firewood walking along the road. While I was thinking it was a long way to the nearest village, my father stopped the car and asked the old woman if she minded we giving her a ride. In fact, she was frightened of us; she might think we were robbers or some bad people. But after she saw a child inside, that was me, she get into the car and we sent her home. We got grateful thanks from her and I thought she might remember us in the rest of her life. After this case, I understand some of my parents' words. What elders need is very simple; their children's care and respect is enough.

My family education teach me to be respectful of elders and I will try my best to understand them and do as mush as my parents do to help them.