Respecting elders An outdated sentiment

In the past parents used to always tell their children to respect people based on their age and not to say a single word against them. But nowadays the tables have turned and respecting elders has become nothing but an outdated sentiment and in the end age is just a number which has no value and infact maturity or seniority doesn't mean age it means the sensitivity manners and the way we react to situations which has higher value than age.

Who knows the older person might be an unworthy one and the younger person a worthy one. You also get to see the elders complaining that people these days don't even have respect towards them but people these days are not fools to respect all their elders and they respect only those people who are worthy of their respect as respect is for those who deserve it and not for those who demand it.

So it's high time that we remove elders from respecting the elders and replace it with deserved so that the statement makes more sense.