Disrespecting your parents
This is one of those things that I'm really not into. Sure, I'm all for being your own independent person because that's actually a really good idea. But I do think that there's a way to do that without being a jerk to your parents.
Parents have it hard--18 years of trying to raise however many kids to be constructive members of society all while being constructive members of society themselves. I think disrespecting them just makes that all the harder.
So, no, don't disrespect your parents. It's not cool--despite what all those stories about all the cool kids tell you.
Totally agree about not disrespecting your parents. My now 23 y/o son had "rough" teen years, did a lot of things I definitely did not approve of, but one thing he never did was disrespect us. I have to say if he had disrespected us, I would have been less likely to help him when things got tough because of stuff he did.
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