The Fifth commandment is: Honor thy father and mother. It is a beneficial commandment for we should honor our parents, they gave us life. Should we obey them and love them? To some degree yes, and to some degree, no.
Dennis Prager urges people to honor their parents, even if they cannot always love, like or obey them. I agree.
But I think it goes the other way around too. Parents should honor their children by introducing them to the worship of a good deity, by teach them morals, especially egoism and to individuate. Parents should treat children with dignity, courtesy, and respect.
A parent should take care of herself and other to provide the kids with positive role modeling.
I bet if parents honored their children more, then children would be more likely to honor their parents.
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