If you disagreed with me on my political views, would you mock me, tweet about me or make fun of my race, religion or gender? That’s what Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is doing.  Keep in mind that he is a 69-year-old man running to be the president of the United States of America. Putting party politics aside, the American public needs to think hard about voting to allow this man to represent our values and our country.

Here are a few universal lessons we learn as kindergarteners that Trump doesn’t follow:

If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all. Trump has nothing nice to say unless it is about himself. The First Amendment gives him the right to say whatever he wants, but sadly Trump is consistently abusing this freedom by bullying people. The first year Trump owned the Miss Universe pageant, he humiliated the former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, for gaining weight after winning the pageant. He even had cameras film her as she worked out. He called her “Miss Piggy” because of her weight gain. He also called her “Miss Housekeeping” because she was Latina. The president is the leader for “the people” of the United States, respecting the people is the only way they will listen and respect you.

You can look, but not touch. Recently, a video of Donald Trump has been released. By now, most people have heard about it or seen it, but, to recap, it is a conversation held between Billy Bush, the former host of Access Hollywood, and Donald Trump talking about women in an extremely inappropriate and vulgar manner. Would you want your son, brother, or father saying these things about women? How about the president of the United States?  No — me neither.

Respect others. Who hasn’t Trump disrespected? The list of those offended includes Muslims, Mexicans, women, POWs, individuals with disabilities , the military and Republican leadership to name a few. Our country is comprised of a wide-variety of diverse cultures, religions, races and ethnicities. The United States was built by immigrants. But the strength gained by diversity is lost on Trump. During his campaign, he said, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best … They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And, some, I assume, are good people.” Not only is he completely false, he disrespected an entire nation and its people in the process. Shouldn’t the president of the United States respect people of all races, ethnicities and religions?

Apologize when you are wrong. During a speech, Donald Trump addressed an article that was written by Serge Kovaleski, who has arthrogryposis, a condition affecting the joints. He mocked the disabled journalist in front of the entire crowd by waving his arms and flailing around. Criticized for his actions, Trump denied he was at fault and said, “I didn’t know what he looked like. I didn’t know he was disabled.” This is completely false because he has known the journalist for years. Trump never apologized for his wrongdoing and became defensive, showing a lack of accountability and maturity. A person who wants to become president needs to know when to apologize.

If Donald Trump cannot follow simple lessons that children are taught across the world, why should we give him presidential power? If the electoral college of the U.S. elects Trump president, he will represent us to the entire world.

A candidate’s basic human civility and respect for others has to be a major consideration when one weighs how to vote on election day. Hillary Clinton is the better choice of the two major party candidates. There are certainly people who do not like Hillary, and there are a number of outstanding issues surrounding her trustworthiness, but our country deserves a leader who respects everyone, demonstrates civility, and can appropriately be the President without embarrassing the country.

America’s already great; don’t vote for a bully who could ruin that.