I'm eleven and my parents have thaught me and my two brothers (2 and 11) to try to be helpful to people in need and greet adults as sir and mam. I am proud to say this to my friends when they laugh at me for helping somebody and for greeting an adult as sir and mam. people have also laughed at me for kissing an elders hand when greeting them but then I simply explain that this is one of my Italian costums that I am proud of and intend to pass down to my own children.