"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother,' which is the first commandment with promise: 'that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth'" (Ephesians 6:1-3).

Dr. Leonard Sax, practicing physician and author of "The Collapse of Parenting," wrote in the Wall Street Journal (Dec. 17, 2015), "Kids are not born knowing how to be respectful. They have to be taught." He tells of his patient Kyle, who "was absorbed in a videogame on his cellphone, so I asked his mom, 'How long has Kyle had a stomach ache?' Mom said, 'I'm thinking it's been about two days.' Then Kyle replied, 'Shut up, mom. You don't know what you're talking about.' And he gave a snorty laugh, without looking up from his videogame. Kyle is 10 years old."

One source of such disrespect comes from devaluing parents. According to Dr. Sax, "America's children are immersed in a culture of disrespect: for parents, teachers, and one another. They learn it from television, even on the Disney Channel, where parents are portrayed as clueless, out-of-touch or absent. They learn it from celebrities or the Internet. They learn it from social media. They teach it to one another. They wear T-shirts emblazoned with slogans like 'I'm not shy. I just don't like you.'"

Parents, train your children to respect you by being respectful to one another, and to others. Train them to honor you by placing value on God, on faith, and on every human being. Children can only be respectful by learning it. So, be respectable - especially when the culture does not value it - or you.