The Rambam says that when dealing with Yesomim and Almanos a person must be extra careful: מִּ פְׁ נֵ י שֶׁ נַ פְׁ שָ ן שְׁ פֵ לָ ה מְׁ אֹ ד וְׁ רוּחן נְׁ מוּכָ ה because they are broken people and overly humble. How do you deal with them? לֹ א יְׁ דַ בֵ ר אֵ לֵ יהֶׁ ם אֶׁ לָ א רַ כוֹת וְׁ לֹ א יִּ נְׁ הַ ג בָ הֶׁ ן אֶׁ לָ א מִּ נְׁ הָ ג כָ בוֹד You have to speak to them softly and with Kavod. If you are their mentor or Rebbe and you need to give them Tochacha: יְׁ נַ הַ לֵ ם בְׁ נַ חַ ת וּבְׁ רַ חֲ מִּ ים גְׁ דוֹלִּ ים וְׁ כָ בוֹד כִּי ה' יָרִּ יב רִּ יבָם you need to be soft and be M'chabed them.
When you give a normal person Tochacha, the Rambam also says that you need to do it: ת חַ נַ בְׁ וּבְׁ לָ שוֹן רַ כָ ה gently and softly. But he doesn’t say that it has to be with Kavod. We see that a Yasom and Almana need more Kavod than other people. Twice the Rambam says that we need to be M'chabed them. Rashi in Parshas Mishpatim says that this applies not only to a Yasom and Almana, but also: הוּא הַ דִּ ין לְׁ כָ ל אָ דָ ם any broken person has the same Din as a Yasom and Almana. In our Dor Yasom I would venture to say that we are all somewhat broken.
