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Originally posted by Bajan_Delta
I figured that more people feel the same way, however it's so taboo to say that you don't like your father, mother or grandmother. People like to believe that respect is due to these people. My thoughts are that respect is earned not due...
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It says in the Christian Bible to "respect your mother and father..." But is also says, in so many words for parents do not cause your children to leave you or hate you...
I think folks forget that part about being a responsible adult toward children, then expect to be respected due to age...
One must do respectable things in order to be respected... Besides, the issue is "reverence". Are they living a "revered" life--that is respect with joy and honor.
So don't feel bad or that it is taboo because elders are misbehaving. A child will never be the parent no matter what the age is. But a child does grow up and become an adult...
And Christ said, "I put childish things away..."
Some folks who are adults will never be at that point in their lives... So just like my Soror Redefined said, you all ain't a toxic dump, why should they leave their waste around you?