Act Your Age (1949)

[@thecandidcounterbalance1492]

My grandfather composed the score for this film. He told me it was one of his greatest works.

[@yeetusboi1044]

Pretty sick btw

[@ratwithadollar9807]

Damn, that’s awesome! It must be crazy to find it on KZbin😂😂

[@lobsturf7797]

Nice! What's his name?

[@lsndr87]

👋🏼 hi. What’s a score?

[@gabrieleduardo504]

@@lsndr87, scores are music used to accompany a film.

[@hannahcb7739]

I like how he doesn't shame the kids or berate them, he wants to help them better themselves

[@alexandraguardian9840]

Teacher / Parental Figure Goals

[@jwilcox4726]

Ya know how people have to treat kids they don't know? That's how all kids should be treated even, especially at the home level. Polite with respect. no swearing, set a good example, follow the rules, behave share with others. Our adults never set this example not since raised in day care for YEARS, no parents in the homes. Now you wonder why the boys are loosing it? Take a guess at that one?

[@justiniani3585]

That was the norm back then. The stereotype of the oppressive/puritan 50s is a latter invention

[@emotionalvideos6897]

back then kids respected adults and adults treated kids well

[@gladyslucas198]

@@justiniani3585 How do you it was the norm?

[@TheShadowrod]

Taking accountability for themselves is something everyone needs to learn instead of looking for excuses to justify their terrible behavior.

[@michellepetros8491]

Unless their terrible behavior is because they're being forced to do things that they shouldn't be forced to do, school,jobs, it's all BS and forced on people because people are willing slaves. All the people who tried to make me obey them lost, I never backed down. Quit highschool then quit college cuz I lost my way n was just trying to fit in. Now I work for myself on my time on my land.

[@maddoxmyers5929]

One of the best ways to gain respect at a workplace is to own up to your mistakes and take accountability for your actions. It’s so surprisingly easy and I still see people that are so quick to pass blame onto someone else.

[@SwornReaper]

@@maddoxmyers5929…it can be a double edged sword. Some people do that but then they dwell on their faults, and they can’t move on. Some people also become numb to their own mistakes, they admit what it is wrong, but then they just don’t care. In this upside down society today, the latter one is increasingly becoming the norm, people become numb to know or care what is right or wrong anymore.

[@humphreyjones1828]

I think a large portion of the population would scream and shout and start yelling random words they don’t understand at you if you kindly asked them to do this

[@TRafael82]

It's like today 90 % of the people don't know how to do that.

[@elguaripolo686]

I swear this public advice videos from old times ARE GOLD.

[@VVVVV00]

Not all of them but this one, yes.

[@elguaripolo686]

@@VVVVV00 I agree, even in this one I find things I don't agree with (like beign a sheep that reproduces censorship instead of making an effort to understand "childish people") but I leave that to each one's criteria, such as yourself... Greetings.

[@ghostlylover99123]

Maybe because they expected better

[@jolicska]

@@elguaripolo686 you have missed the point. understanding a childish person wont make any change if the person doesnt want to. no other person can change another then one's own self. and jim wanted to change.

[@elguaripolo686]

@@jolicska Hey, it makes some sense but I don't agree entirely. Therapists cope with us people, coping with trauma all the time. Not need to feel alone or not be able to accept help from others (DIFFERENT than just "my own self"). Greetings

[@KarimJovian]

I wonder if 100 years from people would watch out KZbin videos like we are watching this

[@Aiordo]

Well who knows I guess time will tell

[@connorkapooh2002]

Hello future people!

[@JWalton314]

In 100 years people will come to this video and say, "lol, still here."

[@thodorisevangelakos]

Downwards spiral

[@Casper-fu2eo]

Lol still here

[@irishkeif7791]

What was true 70 years ago is still true today: The janitor has all the answers.

[@kramalerav]

The janitor in The Breakfast Club too.

[@apollyon9946]

It's one thing for the principal at the top of the hierarchy to shame you, but when even the janitor shames you, you know you're an idiot.

[@Lamont-Cranston]

And all the keys :)

[@Dowlphin]

Today that movie would be banned by school boards for sexism, toxic masculinity and racist lack of diverse representation.

[@_dave.official]

@@apollyon9946 that's a discrimination right there.. you need to see everyone equal. it does not matter their postion or whatsoever.. they all have fields they're good at..

[@poetcomic1]

The parts where they substituted little kids having tantrums for the teenagers was really quite effective - and very familiar.

[@rimiaya2287]

i agree

[@hoomanm6807]

Not to mention cute.

[@sagecrockett693]

And VERY funny!!!

[@marilyncarlos4995]

Very Familiar!

[@cacatr4495]

@Alvalanker looks like a lot of people in LIFE!

[@intelligenthuman3262]

This should still be played in schools today. No yelling, no grounding, no corporal punishment, just psychological aid in helping a young person understand what they did and why it was wrong and want to make self improvements to their own maturity.

[@rogermrogerm]

Exactly! Punishing kids whenever they do something wrong is honestly not the right way to do things. Instead, we should educate them on how to behave properly and show appreciation when they do behave well.

[@Xenlacasa45]

@@rogermrogermpunishment is the way of life if a criminal commits a crime he’s going to jail. Kids need to learn there are consequences for their actions

[@EricLewandowski-vn7ky]

@@Xenlacasa45If the prisoners were parented properly, they wouldn’t need to be locked away from society. Punishing prisoners by locking them away doesn’t correct their behavior as the vast majority reoffend at some point in their lives.

[@EricLewandowski-vn7ky]

@@lefthookouchmcarm4520 this

[@HowieHoward-ti3dx]

@@rogermrogerm Many need punishment. Spare the rod, spoil the child.

[@Fatima.2418]

I like how they made him repair the desk to ensure that he knows what goes into repairing it instead of just making him apologize (like it is nowadays), this way he'll think twice about the consequences before doing it again.

[@piccalillipit9211]

You would need a 200 page health and safety assessment to let a teenager repair a desk today

[@Scythera99]

I was mind blown. Most modern men today over 40 years old don't even know what sanding or finishing means.

[@austinballard6815]

​@@Scythera99do you mean under 40? I would agree with that ..classes like shop disappeared from most American schools in the later 90s/2000s. And just lot less interest in things like that. Safety first with zero risk play became in vogue too

[@arcabuz]

Mr. Edmunds’ figure is not more of a model for boys back then than it is for today’s adults. The composed and serene kindness are not conflicting authority. I’m amazed at the maturity and the pedagogical value of this film. Not only valuable back then, but in desperate need nowadays. And I am not even American, but I can see how Americans can look back then and find this type of treasures.

[@apollyon9946]

In today's school, the lunatics are running the asylum.

[@divinestrike00x78]

This what a lot of people are talking about when they say Make America Great Again.

[@arcabuz]

@@divinestrike00x78 I have a question for you: is there any resemblance between the message and values of this video and what actually Trump delivered when in power?. I am not US citizen, I live in Europe, but I would say that Nixon strikes me more of the type of president who would materialize the "Make America Great Again" along the lines most US citizens have in mind, instead of Mr. Trump. But please, correct me if I´m wrong.

[@orgith54]

@@arcabuz cant agree more with your first comment, american youth have no moral role models other than the brainwashing they get from the media. for that reason i agree with divinestrike. trump hates the media, we had a great economy, and no new wars. we were better then than we are now

[@CleoKawisha-sy5xt]

@divinestrike00x78 lol, you're drunk.

[@gentillydanny]

In my opinion this could be taught today with good result. Children need the guidance of parents AND society.

[@kachoo2135]

They sure do

[@higadohisterico6107]

Ok boomer

[@Swizznizz]

Ok boomer

[@Linneom]

Elliott Cohen no no let’s show this to the Boomers lmao

[@Swizznizz]

Benjamin Dover lol it’ll trigger their boomer senses like none other

[@checkunderyourbed]

I like when they replace the teenage actors with the children. It's so cute and hilarious.

[@kachoo2135]

It's supposed to knock some sense into you

[@ericastier1646]

and brought the point

[@rimiaya2287]

yes i thought so

[@sagecrockett693]

Couldn't stop laughing at it though.

[@jwilcox4726]

@@kachoo2135 Newest out "Sprouts" all free all the time can download for keeps. It's helpful to know but also how they have a new way of raising is just awful. Needs met both work no connection on a personal level with kids. How horrid that we took away church, replaced it with sports up the butt, any and as many as parents can afford. No personal again nothing on an interpersonal level. Pinks especially don't relate putting all of them in the work force really has screwed up the women from mothers to IdK what? Can't label this anymore. Too sick, unusual, strange, no mother love anymore. She has to provide, protect from daddy usually, or other men to help pay that almight rent. I'm so thankful nobody is anymore. Good for them when they are the majority they can throw out anyone in a big house without kids in it so a family with kids can have the space they need to grow up good for my kids to play with. We are all connected and one human family. Every body counts. Get it, then get real. Hurry, this is going to get real ugly real soon otherwise. JeanieHill. xo Good Luck.

[@godwinadedoyin8742]

"Act Your Age" is one of the best instructional films pertaining to emotional maturity that a person could ever watch and learn from in his or her lifetime. I truly enjoy not only the music but also the lessons that I obtain whenever I watch this film.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Definitely something to show your kids and discuss.

[@poolkennedy7611]

Maybe of you are in your 20’s

[@unliving_ball_of_gas]

​@@poolkennedy7611You do realize 20's adults now wouldn't have existed for 50 more years in the 1950's?

[@amberwright8541]

Growing up my grandfather would always tell me "act your age" and now seeing this has brought me some clarity to what he was referring to. I usually try to practice self awareness and do my best to be emotionally mature but he would always say this to me when I would try to be silly or goofy to lighten the mood of a situation. It would have been really nice to have seen this video when I was yonger.

[@maximumenglish26]

I think an adult frequently chiding a child to act their age isn't acting his age too!

[@NeyamRye]

​@@maximumenglish26fr unless they were a teenager

[@robinreid4034]

This is brilliant. I don't care that it was made in the 1940s, it's totally applicable today. It's all about emotional maturity and emotional intelligence. I loved the simple chart the teenager made; very helpful! I know a few adults who could use a chart like this!

[@explorermike19]

This is pretty revealing that kids really are no different than they ever were. Only five years prior to this film being made, a boy about the age of the one depicted in this film would have been fighting WWII battles across the globe. A short time later during peacetime, teens and educators had the same adolescent problems that kids have today. When young people are called upon to do extraordinary things, they can and will do extraordinary things. When kids are left to be kids, well they just act like kids.

[@djan71]

And kids SHOULD grow up able to act like kids. Not that they shouldn't learn to mature of course.

[@TM-np5lq]

I'd say is proof they've changed a LOT! What teen volunteers to Sand And Refinish a desk they damaged, and demands " Well, what else would you like me to do?" When the principal has already smiled and voiced approval? My nieces and nephews were Baffled by that, and they're honor students.

[@vila777_]

⁠@@TM-np5lqperhaps because this is a scripted film about ideal behavior and not what 99% of teenagers of the period actually were like

[@XDKnoori]

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[@worm6820]

I like the idea of hands not being idle I just hope you understand that putting these same people through a world war isn't the answer, and that to romanticize the war is very disrespectful to those who fought and suffered for our sake, they don't see it glamorous and wish something like that to never happen again.

[@MizzKittyBichon]

Mr. Edmunds looks like Walt Disney.

[@keithwilson6060]

I don’t think so. Walt is a rotten, worm-eaten corpse.

[@enzopennadeoliveira7157]

MizzKittyBichon he looks andrew ryan

[@musahaque2000]

That's what I was thinkin', he look just like Walt Disney in appearance.

[@ARedMagicMarker]

@@keithwilson6060 I mean, going by how old this is, so is he. XD

[@Kate-xr7mr]

he makes me horny

[@hearttoheart4me]

Mr Edmunds is a smart courteous person. He knows how to get them to use their brain not their ego.

[@Setton1000]

A tip-toe row suffering blow is for simple glow, not catching shallow show down low

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Liberty is the mother of responsibility. To be drawn into maturity, young people need to not only be given the freedom to act like adults, but also to have the expectation placed upon them that they will behave maturely.

[@ntrg3248]

right, I pretty much was emotionally immature my whole childhood because my parents sheltered me and did everything for me as if i was going to magically learn to do it myself. Since I wasn't given the freedom to act my age, they had some nerve telling me to. The big kicker is neither of my parents are emotionally mature.

[@ntmn8444]

Exactly. That’s the problem with today’s society. We don’t do that for our teens and then we expect them to wake up on their 18th birthday knowing how to behave.

[@sparkstudies1675]

@@ntmn8444 preach y'all :')

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Exactly!

[@davidhoffman6980]

I wonder how many people noticed that Mr. Olsen the janitor didn't act his age? He kept saying whatever was on his mind and type casting the kid. One of the things I've had to learn as an adult is to not just say whatever comes to mind in interactions like that. Especially in a learning environment where young people need to be encouraged. Whenever I see a young person acting emotionally mature, or being responsible, I always show them some respect (even if they probably haven't earned it yet). It increases the likelihood of them behaving that way in the future. There are few things kids that age (who are trying to be responsible) want more than respect and approval from important adults.

[@GreenLeafUponTheSky]

Lol what? I automatically treat people neutrally and with respect, because I don't know them yet. You don't talk crap to another person you don't even know just because "they haven't earned my respect yet", like who tf are you?

[@davidhoffman6980]

@@GreenLeafUponTheSky you started your reply with "lol" but then went on to say pretty much what I said. Your tone suggests you disagree, but your overall comment agrees. What did I miss?

[@NeyamRye]

​@@GreenLeafUponTheSkybeginning your sentence with 'lol' is unprofessional and makes me value your opinion less :/

[@yamatanoorochi3149]

​@@NeyamRyethis is a KZbin comment section, professionalism isn't and will never be the norm, what did you expect?

[@randallprice75]

fascinating! Disregard the judgement, look at what it's saying. Step outside yourself and watch. Be the observer.

[@LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup]

judgement is an important part of the equation

[@ericastier1646]

Randall, You got it, this is paramount, to step outside yourself or not getting chained by the ego.

[@nowhereinslowmotion]

I like how they conversed back then, the manners, etc. Very informative, as usual:).

[@Ponk_80]

Sadly today everyone acts like children, even the parents who just yell and scream, when things do not go there way, for example when a child or childish person doesn’t listen to them.

[@Brando-wc8fz]

@@Ponk_80oh be quiet. Every generation says the same thing

[@XxXNOSCOPEURASSXxX]

This is literally a movie designed for ease of understanding. People have never actually talked like this.

[@ovencore2549]

i mean its scripted

[@dieglhix]

@@Ponk_80 Probably thanks to movies and normalization of child-like tantrums

[@Psybur]

I admire adults like you who try and learn from kids. It's parents who are often the ones who piss me off, not kids. We need more people like you in the world who do good and value kids and their faults.

[@jwilcox4726]

I'm an empath. We need more of me. As said above, I have many children I have raised they still call me mom. Some call me on Mother's Day & Father's Day you see I was both to all who needed the love of a mother. Food, homework, showers, college. All of it I did poor. So if I can serve God to go to Satva third heaven, I can't wait I have been storing my treasures in Heaven for years now. I love my home in heaven. I love my home here also it's bran new from God from the ones trying to destroy me went out and came home with a $80.000.00 rv home for me. They don't know why they even did that. I do. Thank you Lord Jesus Ywhw saboath. My hero. I love you Divine Mother and thank you for baptizing me in the Holy Spirit. I love the higher knowledge. SRF-Self-Realization Fellowship. I'm not coming back to earth to reincarnate, I don't have to. I have served God all my life. Good luck on doing God backwards. It's not your party & choices it's God's or here reincarnating to keep learning he wouldn't want to loose anyone given to him by God the Father. So on it goes but only here. Now you can see why with all the destruction of our world. Have fun reincarnating back here in a few years. Have fun in what you created or approve of or have joined into. Good luck.

[@funshine817]

Well, their faults are not really valued. They are encouraged/taught/guided to do better and rid themselves of these faults. If you are an adult learning from a kid, you are in big trouble! 🤣

[@blizzard1198]

​@@funshine817 I think he means they are things adults can be wrong in and learn some things from kids. Simply ignoring kids and acting like everything they say is complete bullshit until they turn 18 is unhealthy and shows you yourself have problems too.

[@funshine817]

@@blizzard1198 I never said I thought all kids were bullsh!t or to ignore them till they turn 18. You misunderstood me completely, then insulted me. What a guy. Your mama must be so proud. 😛

[@tobstobs950]

Ok, but why is your pfp a swuare? It looks so wrong xD

[@kotence]

i was expecting to be some ridiculous clip about "how old-fashioned people were", but this is still quite accurate and useful. things like this should still be taught in schools. it even has a handy worksheet that they leave on the screen at the end, for us to copy and use.

[@disgustof-riley]

It's also a little bit ableist. Phyllis sounds autistic

[@like31000]

@AzureWolf168 Just like we aren't much smarter of our ancestors that lived 2000 years ago

[@like31000]

@AzureWolf168 There is a hidden message in my reply, i will let you and others figure it out.

[@NeyamRye]

Fr

[@kingdeplorable6975]

I am thankful I had a vice principal, not exactly the principal, he was worthless, but our vice principal was very similar to this guy. He treated kids the age they acted. I would've never noticed if he hadn't gotten promoted to our highschool, I watched him change his reaction to my misbehaviour over the course of 6 years. What a gem of a man.

[@practicalpen1990]

I know thirty-year-olds who still throw tantrums like they're five years old. We really need this old school manners education in many ways.

[@_sarpa]

yeah, they surely didn't exist in the 50s! moron

[@thomy1955]

I know 77 year olds who throw tantrums when they don't get what they want

[@raymond_luxury_yacht]

embarrassedly raises hand.

[@fallenlotus9572]

​@@thomy1955Can confirm. My boomer parents still act like entitled spoiled brats and I was forced to be the parental figure. I know kids who act more mature than 60+ year olds. It's sad.

[@tangent.arc38618]

@@thomy1955Yeah hes in office

[@calvinmaynardtmt]

How stupid do you have to be to scratch your initials on the desk? There goes plausible deniability, Jim!

[@maconsumner]

+los3rkid1988 What a great friend you are....LOL

[@kellyanne9147]

U always want to put the initials of your enemy Let him take the fall... I mean that's simple bad boy rules

[@pinkglitter93]

Here even if you carve a phallic organ on the desk, you won't be told a thing.

[@Nyckname]

Some guy wrote "[first name and last name] loves [first name and last name]" along an entire block of freshly laid sidewalk in L.A. He was sent a bill for $200,000 to have the cement relaid.

[@wayneolsen8965]

He was going to blame it on John McCain in a tweet.

[@Chicharrera.]

Oh, how I wish these times were still here.

[@lowrhyan567]

Modern world is their result, that much restriction made a generation of rebellious idiots, middle age was better because it was based in Christ teachings mixed with their culture.

[@tracytwymandiedforyoursins2343]

Jimmy is now over 80 years old, if he is still alive. I hope he's had a great life.

[@CleoKawisha-sy5xt]

it's tony dow , wally from leave it to beaver, and he's dead.

[@jefvangool69]

@@CleoKawisha-sy5xt I have not been able to find the cast for this short film. However, Tony Dow, who looks like the main character, was only 4 years old at the time of release.

[@kdaltex]

Hes acting like a 50 year old now.

[@nathanielschwartz425]

This is a film that everyone TODAY should watch! And a lesson that everyone TODAY should learn!

[@izzyprybuto5088]

Who else just watches these videos so they can read the comments

[@ASMR-JMelliee]

@@crackrokmccaib fail

[@MK-rd9dd]

@@ASMR-JMelliee you look like Shannen Doherty

[@punkyagogo]

The "things were better back then" comments are my favs. It's funny because David Hoffman's channel has videos with baby boomers talking about how much they hated these kinds of videos and the culture growing up lol

[@inparis5724]

​@@punkyagogo That's because baby boomers are worthless degenerates. Things WERE better back then. They were too high to notice with their selfish attitudes given to them by the prosperity of the era they were born into. They're still asleep at the wheel, in denial of the decline that has happened under their noses. I listen to the anecdotes of my grandparents and long for the simple things they took for granted. They don't have any idea how different it is today and what they're responsible for destroying over the last few decades. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't know that things are only going to keep declining. We're past the point of no return. You can clamp your hands over your ears and pretend that the silent generation were miserable and the women were oppressed or whatever but if you look at the statistics they were far happier than we are today and I would give up any of the worthless consumer objects and technological innovations to go back to a time where I could leave my front door open and not worry about somebody coming in to harm me or my property. I long for the wage growth and low cost of living. Imagine being able to raise 3 children on one blue-collar paycheck while living in a freehold house. It's never going to be possible ever again. If any baby boomers read this and feel the need to respond, do me a favor and punch yourself in the jaw. You feel attacked because deep down, you know I'm right. You were supposed to take the reins and continue western traditions but you threw them down and drove off in your mustang, leaving the unlucky members of the following 3 generations to basically go fuck ourselves - which is what we have been doing.

[@martijnspruit]

@@inparis5724 You realize that in 1949, women had very little to say about anything in society. And don't even get me started on black people... or any minority for that matter. Healthcare was not very good, the majority of people in the USA did not receive a higher education (at college level), there still was a lot of poverty, early child death rates were high, life basically existed of work, getting married, getting children, and dying (and not at a very high age). People were happier back then, because that's easier to remember. The hard labor is forgotten.

[@stiras1]

The funny things is... most of the adults did not act like they did in these videos. Kids were expected to act a certain way, but there aren't many videos teaching adults how to behave towards young people.

[@Littlereddevil94]

So true. Everytime I hear someone say act your age, I can't help but think "I dont know how. I've never been this age before"

[@i_lily]

If a person learned to be decent when they were young it would be easier for them as adults. An adult is responsible for his own actions, a child isnt, its his parents job to teach him before its too late.

[@MattyHatterH]

Who's gonna teach the adults? What the kids.

[@Galahad_Du_Lac]

You clearly didn’t grow up in the 40s.

[@stiras1]

@@Galahad_Du_Lac Of course not, I'd be old.

[@cannonrange9977]

This is brilliant. And these videos are so good, there are so many things parents assume their children will grow up to magically know, so they don't teach them... they didn't teach me, or my friends, and we didn't fully realize what we didn't know till nearly our thirties because we spent our 20s working, going to school, and waiting to FEEL like adults, waiting for that magical download our parents seemed to think would come to us. Mindfulness, how to set healthy relationship boundaries, how to give constructive criticism and take it productively, how to better ourselves, and more... we wasted a lot of time, felt a lot of hurt and rejection, and spun our wheels trying to come up with solutions to issues that had already been solved, like what's shown in this video. Modern life is so complex, and our life spans are so short, we need to teach the young more effectively. I'm sending these videos to my nieces.🤓😎🥰

[@ilanamillion8942]

He is a good kid and how lucky would a kid be to have a principal like that?

[@Dainbramage420]

It would be great if people in that position acted that way and actually cared to help out the younger generation. Those people are unfortunately far and few between. Instant suspension is the easy way out and benefits no one.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Exactly. @@ithecastic

[@ivi7792]

word

[@mericagunsfreedomandlove.8985]

This was before the department of education. No teacher unions.

[@HowieHoward-ti3dx]

@@Dainbramage420 Suspension helps, because the child knows he is missing out and has ruined his life. You lost the whole point of the videos. Grow up!

[@Trawlat]

you can't feel that they are acting, you feel that they are speaking with you or you are with them in the same room, it's a great piece of art !

[@Atylonisus]

You can't tell this is acting?

[@divinegon4671]

@@Atylonisusis that how you really interpret his comment? Dunce.

[@sparkstudies1675]

Right? There was real acting talent back then

[@carlosgonzales1658]

@@divinegon4671 Maybe you should shut up? dumd

[@Perseus7567]

Nothing about it sounded natural though. It very obviously felt like they were reading a script to me.@@sparkstudies1675

[@scarletshield009]

Nobody is 100% mature. There is no such thing. That is true for everyone even for adults. All of us are people in progress. Don't expect yourself to live exactly up to other people's expectations of what maturity is. This video just shows the basic of what emotional maturity is.

[@elderleon1844]

yeah sure, but this is not a excuse for have 0% of maturity!

[@asgoritolinasgoritolino7708]

As the other comment says, pretty much, the fact that no one can be perfect doesn't mean we shouldn't strive for acting as mature adults.

[@LazyGrayF0x]

Struck the right chord?

[@MaryDunford]

There's a difference between child-like and childish. The former is harmless and playful. The latter is petty and damaging. Humanity lost a lot of ground since this was filmed.

[@ntmn8444]

That’s because most people today do not know how to act maturely. Watching this video confirmed that fact. We don’t have real adults around anymore.

[@RaiderSteelerfan]

15 people that hit the disliked haven't act their age...

[@christinab.2864]

Nobody honestly does

[@luxurreview]

52 People now!!

[@liamlowenthal8476]

I refuse to act my age. You don't have to act your age to be responsible. I pay my rent, my other bills, my other-other bills, my soul-crushing student loans, my incredibly stupid and profited Murickan medical bills, I try to put whatever I can into savings even though it's only been 300 bucks over the course of a goddamn year - LET ME PLAY VIDEO GAMES SUSAN. jfc Go lick Trump's boots and complain that Millenials eat too much toast or something. Edit: Anyone asking how I can afford video games obviously has no idea their talking about. XD Free games. Free games *everywhere* . Besides, I spend 12 bucks on a Humble Bundle a month, you can eat dicks and burn Karen, I'm not living in total lack of entertainment just because I'm poor. Let me have *one* fucking thing. Jesus.

[@rigirogi963]

@@liamlowenthal8476 ok zoomer, go act your age or commit self end. every generation after silent gen are soft useles pieces of shit who cant think for them selfs. we need a new war, hard men create good times, good times create soft men, soft men create bad times, like this leftist cancer fest we have now. like i said we need a new war.

[@someperson2471]

@@rigirogi963 ok sociopath

[@brianmahoney4156]

heres a man having a heart to heart with a young lad. helping him understand the hard truth of life and trusting the kid to rise to the occasion instead of sanitizing and editing the lexicon to suit his shortcomings. i was in high school in the early 2000s and i never saw this happen one time. if you werent getting this from your dad, you werent getting it period. the way we neglect young men today is irresponsible and stupid. something needs to change.

[@capnskiddies]

Unfortunately, in too many cases, that's the fault of older men who ought to know better. Not all cases, of course. Just too many.

[@Doc-Holliday1851]

The principal was very patient and helped the young man come to the conclusion on his own that he wasn’t acting his age. The custodian chewed the kid out while he was already down. I don’t think this was a mistake by the filmmakers. They’re showing how different people are going to treat you if they believe you’ve done something wrong. And they show how you should react in a situation like that. The principal was encouraging a dialogue and so the kid engaged, but when the custodian was chewing him out he didn’t say a word even if doing so would have been warranted. This is teaching more than just what is obvious

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Exactly, they made the film to teach adults back then too. And it would have been less likely to slip by because they were more sensitive to the role of expertise being played back then. The principle is thoughtful in dealing with young people while the cleaner who hasn't had training in that area has little idea how to properly act. This was done to highlight the thoughtful behavior of the principle to show his years of training in working with children and set it as an example for us to emulate.

[@eksbocks9438]

Nowadays, we have full-grown adults who can't do that.

[@KratostheThird]

Like Trump.

[@BichaelStevens]

Congrats, you made this political! Nobody likes you! Amazing! 👏👏👏 Hillary called half the country deplorable subhumans, very mature.

[@Woap_64]

@KratostheThird even though Biden has been caught calling people full of shit? Or been caught yelling and shushing his staff? I guess the better question would be, like Biden?

[@KratostheThird]

@housedimitrescu7196 How amusing of you to think that I have to be on a side, which I am not. Your White America is crumbling. You guys better start something if you don't want your culture and heritage to be taken over by Asians, more specifically the Chinese as Canada has bowed down to at this point. And it's not just limited to America, it's Western Europe as well, and also the continent of Australia. Leftist rhetoric is just as toxic as claiming you are the right wing Trump flag waving imbecile that has to scream about their freedoms every chance you get. You'd rather go back in time to the 1950s - 1980s than face the harsh realities of today.

[@pukeachu]

​@@nicklh186 Exactly

[@lostboy5559]

"Have you ever been to a Mexican Prision Jimmy???"

[@dannerzme]

Lmao

[@jayant9151]

@@dannerzme lol

[@VintageCartoonBuff]

Ellos podrian disfrutar a el. They would enjoy him :D

[@TupacMakaveli1996]

best commmentt ever loll

[@wwehulk8798]

@@TupacMakaveli1996 no it isn't ever stfu bot

[@smilingipad3044]

These films are something else, I'll tell ya.

[@CybershotCollections]

I lost it when the kid dived on the grass and had a hissy fit! XD

[@gabbylopez9091]

In today's society, this video is very needed.

[@thehengy3232]

I'm glad this was randomly recommended to me. Normally I chalk the youtube algorithm up to being very weird but honestly this should be shown to young people everywhere. It's very simple yet very effective in it's message: act your age. Be mature.

[@youcantberacisttojews1697]

This video needs to be shown to modern university students.

[@kachoo2135]

And give those horny toads a lesson they'll never forget

[@nromk]

why modern university students?

[@vukstojanovic5146]

+normk The reference must be, the North american universities, since they mostly whine and complain like kids would do.

[@indegruv]

nice mature screen name you got there

[@AndyDaClimber]

I'm a bad student, hurt me oh

[@LauraWilson19952014]

I think more people need to watch this. Geez, everyone I know acts so immature.

[@weidenkatzchen6064]

Laura Wilson Exactly!

[@weidenkatzchen6064]

***** Isn't it shameful that the ones who make a lot of money are nearly always immature, rude and/or simply nasty?

[@gentillydanny]

+Laura Wilson MS. Wilson, Geez yes! You right. That baby that was shot due to road rage. That motorcyclist that was knocked off the road due to not looking. When questioned, driver answered with, "I don't care." The erosion of good manners.

[@LauraWilson19952014]

gentillydanny And that's how most kids are today: No manners or respect for anyone. Parents let their kids get away with everything, then use the excuse "Oh, they're kids." No, you discipline them. That's why they end up in jail or dead as teens.

[@LauraWilson19952014]

John231984 Exactly!! Drives me nuts!!

[@donnamariedemaio]

Charming. Did we really live in this time? When schools reinforced the teachings of our parents? Where did we go wrong? 😳

[@YouT00ber]

In the 1960s and 1970s, and definitely we’re going wrong in 2021

[@thephantomoftheparadise5666]

The 60s happened.

[@gomez-martinezdiego5444]

We are infinitely better

[@chetyoubetya8565]

Because they were not always the teachings of the parents.

[@jalapeno1119]

Parents and teachers need to work together.

[@Sawta]

I like this video a lot. It doesn't talk down to young people, but also doesn't excuse bad behavior. It offers a practical means of assessing ones own emotional maturity. I hope that more content like this is still being made today.

[@NeyamRye]

Yea I agree

[@Cera_ve858]

Its nice to see someone reminding people that mistakes can be learning opportunities, and not just something to be attacked for.

[@maryam-mo8nw]

THIS IS THE WINTER OF OUR YOUTH

[@orangecaryt2756]

Vuvuzela I’ve got nostalgia running through me

[@myweeweeburns]

OrangeCarYT and i dont like it

[@renatovitorio8214]

@@myweeweeburns Oh my my my my

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

At least Mr. Edmunds did not expel Jimmy. And Jimmy wisely told the principal he'd fix the desk he scratched during class.

[@daredawg3776]

He is a good principal

[@caelidhg6261]

and he wisely didn't berate or get angry or PUNISH him by expelling him or hitting him with a paddle.. (which happened in the 1950s).. Coronet films are an odd mix of toxic beliefs and values with some healthy stuff thrown in .. Weird. I had a teacher continue to yell at me after I came forward after making a mess on the wall in a classroom with some pencil lead I had gotten on my fingers as we were standing in line for study hall.. I told her it was me and said I would clean it up. She just continued to berate me and told me how horrible I was and "why did I do such things and did I do them at home?".... I have ADHD and was zoned out. but no.. she was not compassionate or rewarding my "good" behavior of coming forward and taking responsibility. Honestly, it made me want to avoid coming foward in the future.

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@caelidhg6261 Jimmy dodged the paddle by having enough sense to own up and not act smart alecky. That principal looks like our shop teacher who used to paddle boys (and I suspect he got tingle in between his legs doing it)

[@sarveshm6779]

Wow. Its like mentor-ship for me. Simple, yet incredible.

[@mr.ninjawarrior4516]

This is a good film. Sometimes I tend to act childish in front of certain people, but in front of others, I act more mature. I also believe it connects to the fact that we are the average of the 5 people we hang with

[@1whospeaks]

I come from a very... explosive family let's just say, and they tend to nuke at the slightest problems, and while I never turned out quite the same, I had the same self-negativity as this young man. But what a blessing it was when I really decided to hold my tongue when I felt like screaming, and control myself. Getting angry is okay, but I found appropriate outlets to do so, and didn't blame my family for doing so. When I was able to keep a cool head after major problems, I felt a lot stronger when small issues reared their heads.

[@LaoSoftware]

Everyone in the classroom looks clean and polished. They have nice manners. They speak very respectable to adults and peers.

[@gerdiopedacosta7416]

You were sent to live in the streets if you acted like jimmy here, or worse you could be sent to war

[@paulaegraham]

Those kids are in their 70s now.

[@quentinkirk3870]

more like their mid To Late 80's.the Janitor Looks like A white Version of "Mr Bookman" on "Good Times".

[@thecavedweller616]

more like most likely dead

[@grandpriest3937]

paulaegraham ya more like most of them were drafted to nam and didn't make it back....

[@patriciasalvatore2394]

Grand Priest oh, my, this comment section got really dark in a hurry! It looks like you guys have been paying attention. You all get an A+ for this class. 😃

[@lajmh]

My mother was a senior in high school in 1949. She would be 87 in 22 days as I type this.

[@denisel.1327]

In my very honest opinion this video should be shown in all schools across the country. This video is very educational.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Exactly. Showing this to my younger siblings, brother 22, sisters 20, 18, 11 . . . But most importantly showing it to my parents!

[@Mohamed58290]

this is beautiful imagine if social media was entertaining and useful like this but social media is full of mindless content i really loved this short film

[@vibes1680]

I love how chill these videos are

[@fionawalsh1007]

I have to say the message in this video is as relevant today as it was back then,love the video and the way they teach you how to behave,I wish some of these videos were available when I was at school. 😀🕊 stay safe.

[@matteopepe28]

Vault-Tec never taught me this

[@Gwnswrld]

Oh my god I feel that way EVERY TIME I watch one of these old videos

[@averagejoepro5347]

I’m gonna stop you right there

[@anewstart2012]

Back when education also meant the development of character ...

[@Ducklolly]

Now it's just "The Mitochondria Is The Powerhouse Of The Cell"

[@arkanthor_art]

@@Ducklolly Everybody be hatin on the mitochondria 😂

[@errata]

This was way, way too wholesome and enjoyable honestly. I didn't expect it to be this good. Damn and 76 years ago as well. Shit never changes huh :D

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Exactly.

[@charless3108]

I'd rather watch this than many movies nowadays

[@vikramjeetshukla3782]

Oh it's so great to see so much sober and older movie stuff...

[@m.h.744]

I'm 20 and watching this made me think about some of my own childish behavior. Such movies are really good in making one self-conscious; it makes you see yourself (and your behavior) from an outside view and be judgmental about it.

[@loki6253]

The little girl in the coat bitching her "boyfriend" out had me rolling. I had to replay that part several times, and oh that is me with my husband after 3 months home in covid shut down every day. Does this man not know how to turn on the washer or clothes a drawer?

[@prithanjanacharyya7446]

And here we are 12 years later, people throwing tantrums online, calling wach other mysogynistic, etc etc just for different beloeves. This short film or movie whatever you call it was really good, I enjoyed every moment of it. It even kept my attention through out.

[@blessed7fold]

These videos are just the best. They had more wisdom and understanding back then than they do today sadly.

[@NaturalElicia]

This was a really good video and I think we all can learn something about our behavior from the video~

[@mikezylstra7514]

Very true. But at 73 my T levels are so low it's no longer relevant. You realize that was his T surge causing him to act like that.

[@johnnysunrocket8618]

People today absolutely need this type of instruction! We all know that's what is lacking in society today. People of all ages today do not know how to conduct themselves SAD

[@SiriusXAim]

There it is. The ultimate shirt collar everybody was looking for in the 70's

[@Florida1213]

Glistening with starch!

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@Florida1213 Yes and an overly hot iron.

[@adamnewell4816]

To verbally/nonverbally express frustration without having a complete emotional meltdown, instead of pretending the frustration doesn’t exist

[@jossdeiboss]

Wow This video should be shown at all schools. I wished I was shown this many years ago!

[@deepideepi1017]

watching this is in 2019 and its a very very useful documentary even today!! this documentary should be shown in school, colleges and to parents!! such an awareness raising video, i appreciate the person who came with this idea to make this useful info as a video!

[@mikezylstra7514]

I agree. This is the most well thought out and downright relevant movie of this ilk I've seen. And I've seen them all.

[@Pheo0811]

Still relevant. Even more than in '19

[@BeforetheStorm.]

This video makes you really think about the way you act

[@ratedasmr7811]

Just a year ago I was emotionally immature. I’ve worked at it since then but this video would’ve been nice to find too.

[@ahmaddawood3413]

Yeah this is the video everyone should watch and learn to "Just act your age. But don't fake maturity. Knowledge, wisdom, maturity and experience comes with the time. Embrace the journey and the process of life"

[@HeyYaHo-co3dn]

Some communities seem to need this more than others

[@JoaoFelipeSRoza]

And the oscar goes to 09:45

[@tulsatombob2769]

Good call.....I was thinking the same thing. This tender scene is better than any scene in Plan 9 From Outer Space. LMAO!!!!

[@luckylucky2604]

😄😄

[@mikezylstra7514]

Probably the only one in the whole cast that actually got a job in Hollywood.

[@dadjacobs8977]

Don't forget the actor @9:42. He should be nominated as well. His "showing off" is on some De Niro shit. Just brilliant!!! So show-off-y

[@thefourseasonsandme4374]

This helped more than my parents have.

[@lambo485]

That was great!….I love you

[@JP-ve7or]

Yeah, I think these films filled the gaps for a lot of kids with less than ideal parents.

[@bonbivins2217]

Only if this was on TV now in days...This is interesting.

[@juanes1182]

This was really refreshing. A lot of solutions for todays problems ain't in the future but in the past.

[@dawnstonerock4253]

Jim is so cute and humble! Teachable too! ❤

[@medicineinarabic]

I can't believe how humanity devolved after this...

[@O.Reagano]

We evolved and are better than ever. Stop eating up propaganda

[@effix9097]

I really hope that old principals were actually this intelligent and good with teens. Through my experience in school it seems that there’s nobody, or at least very few, people left in the system that know how to reach young people and encourage them to change and understand behavior rather than reward trivial examples of positive behavior.

[@frankielee04]

Ah the days when schools actually cared about their students

[@3roachkidsdhe]

Right!

[@donnali8346]

Say...I like these Leave it Beaver time videos. They are respectful, thoughtful, helpful, and smart. Just swell.

[@iMayBeMaritza]

I watched this at the beginning of the year, and I think it is one of the most influential films i've watched in my life. really helped me reflect on myself in a tangible way

[@swabby429]

This problem is common with many of the world's politicians and voters.

[@hellokitty90000]

These videos from the 40s and 50s, however superficial, get to the point better than the awful health and sex education videos they show in high schools today.

[@gerjerry99]

A clear representation of the shift in values from America back then and til now. From this to drag queen story time and celebrities licking toilet seats

[@Dutch_Engineer_Piff_Dahnk]

@@gerjerry99 tolerance of obscenity and degeneracy

[@mengoinggodsway9024]

@@Dutch_Engineer_Piff_Dahnk It is indeed sad how far the West, but especially the USA and Canada, have fallen. I see this immaturity every day, everywhere.

[@jalapeno1119]

@@gerjerry99 God forbid a person wear lipstick and read to children.

[@amberwright8541]

​@@jalapeno1119it's more that that. It's that these parents have done their homework on the individual who is reading and they are finding out that they are a child sex offenders. I don't know if you know this but when someone is a child sex offender they are legally required to have not only notify the parents of the fact that they are a sex offender but they have to tell the parents what they did that to child(ren) that made them a sex offender in the first place and there is a lot of paper work that the parents are required to fill out and arrangements have to be made with the sex offenders parole offer in order for the sex offender is allowed to be in the same dwelling as other children while being supervised by the parents at all times.

[@m.rivera234]

I’m 60 years old, but after watching this video, I just realized that my emotional age is like a 10 year-old boy.

[@tristantheoofer2]

seriously im 15 and sometimes my emotional age is like 6 and the other sometimes its like im 25. wierd tbh

[@m.rivera234]

@@tristantheoofer2 I don’t think it’s that weird. It’s just that maybe you’re too smart for your age but you’re also emotional. The “smarter” side of you makes you feel like you’re 25 while the “emotional” side of you makes you feel as if you were 6. Maybe you think that grownups have all their shit figured out, but then when you grow up, you realize that everyone is full of shit and no one has their shit figured out. Life itself is weird, it’s not you or me.

[@puffdaddy4537]

This video sums up an amazing point of life. The only thing you can actually control in this world is your reactions to your thoughts and emotions.

[@caskettsolo7925]

There's a lot of value to be discovered in videos like these- they would gently guide us to determine for ourselves are personalities and thereby, the story we live out in life. I hope more people in need of these videos gain inspiration and insight through these videos. Thank you very much for sharing them.

[@Mateo_Bowie]

If this was shot in 2023 Jim would say he cant help it because he identifies as a girl and if the principle told him to grow up he would be fired. Our country is under attack. We need to bring these films back.

[@FriendlyRambler]

"The earliest extant example of a mechanical pencil, was found aboard the wreckage of HMS Pandora, which sank in 1791."

[@mikezylstra7514]

We had mechanical pencils laying around the house in the mid 50's. Finding leads for those was a real hassle though.

[@BitnoteDev]

This is something which must be shown in every school.

[@likeTT549]

Yall might be watching these for fun but actually in this generation that got messed up like hell u gotta watch the classics to get the kind and caring personality i hope people will keep on the great path!

[@SteveAubrey1762]

Human nature never changes, so I look at this film from 1949 , and I look at young people of 2024. The difference is back then, kids were EXPECTED by society to grow up.