Hi! Thanks for checking this out! :D

Shouldn’t those things be something we learn as we go?

I wondered the same. The event itself was far less interesting to me as the realization that people genuinely don't know/ignore these social basics.

It’s the removal of the adults from order when you think about it.

100%. I recently finished John Kim's I Used to be a Miserable Fck*. In it, he makes a lot of distinction between what men behave like, and what boys do. I've been using it to examine my own interactions, and categorize between adult and child behavior. It's fascinating, but tiring. It's time to let the adults in charge now.

I’m hoping that the things I am teaching my son, and the way I try to impart knowledge and things on kids around us when they are there is going to have an impact on them so we can change the direction we are headed in now.

I've no doubt it will. It starts with teaching future generations the right values. That it's, as you so beautifully put it, worth taking in the sights. :) I appreciate this lovely comment. Thank you.