Human beings are susceptible to flattery. There is no age bar. Be it a kid or an old nanny. Everyboby falls into the trap of flattery.
There is a peanut shop near my home. In.the absence of the shopowner(most of the time the shopowner is absent) the shop is managed by a boy of fourteen years of age. From his appearance, it seems, the boy had never been to school. Though illiterate, the boy manages the shop wonderfully.
Everyday a boy of his age from the same locality would visit his shop in the evening hours. Initially, I was not aware of the intention of his visits. But, during his stay at the shop he would shower flattery at the shop managing boy with the intention of extracting a huge cut from the daily collection
Our shop managing boy remained rock solid showing no reaction to this flattery and continued with his work nonchalantly.
By remaining focussed our progress will not get hampered. There is no use in cursing the society around you because there are only like that.....
