[CoolNard]

You guys wanna talk about respect?

Fine! Respect has to be earned, not forced, onto another person regardless of age, status and/or authority.

Your parents are responsible for you, they brought you into this world. You didn't ask for it. Therefore, they have to provide for you. If they aren't good role models, how the hell can they demand respect and politeness from you? You'll probably pick up their bad ways as well. YES, we all learn from our parents cuz it is during our childhood that we get influenced greatly by them. Just take a good hard look at one of the recent Japanese articles. The mother abandoned her son just because he was getting too hard to handle and she was deep in debt. She put her own life as first priority over her son. Can you even bear to tolerate this kinda parents? Personally, if a parent demands respect from his or her own child when they can't even begin to define the meaning of "respect", it's just plain dumb.

Don't get me wrong, I love my parents and they're awesome but I'm already 17 and have always lived my life by looking at things from a 360 degree perspective, so from my point of view, if we have good, logical statements backing us up, why do we have to do as others say? According to my experience, the one who has the better reasons is the one who is right, not people who base their theories on traditions, personal feelings and stereotyping.