I don't think kids should just give their parents respect. I think the parents should have to earn it

Same way everyone else does.

@SterbenReyne: I asked you how...if you cannot answer that question then you are just a kid who knows nothing...answer the question if you want to be seen as an adult

who said i wanted to be seen as an adult? i'm 15. i'm not an adult, yet. Child or not, tell me this then: How should everyone else earn your respect.

@SterbenReyne: Right! you are NOT an adult so you really do not understand child and parent relationships...if your parents are not beating you, not feeding you, not getting you what you need in general...then they do not deserve respect...is that your situation?

@Fernie: so, just because you're an "Adult" you know and understand more things then me?
wait, so you're telling me parents only deserve respects if they beat their child, don't give them food or the things they need? cause it's either that or i misread what you said..

Nope, my situation is fairly decent, my mother works her ass off, i work my ass off, my sister works her ass off, we all support each other.

Just because someone is older than you, or someone knows more than you, or someone see's things a certain way compared to you, or if they're blood related, anything and everything.

No one should just be respected or disrespected because of something like that. They should be respected or disrespected for things they do, and for the things they've done.

@SterbenReyne: I can't even finish reading this. I NEVER said " parents only deserve respects if they beat their child" I was beaten daily by my insane Mother for 16 years. YES LITTLE ONE!! I DO KNOW MORE THAN YOU!!!!!!! AS SOON AS YOU ACCEPT THAT PEOPLE DECADES OLDER THAN YOU ACTUALLY KNOW MORE...THE MORE GROWN UP YOU WILL BE. I ASKED YOU WHY YOU THINK YOUR PARENTS NEED TO EARN YOUR RESPECT BUT YOU CANNOT TELL ME WHY.

@Fernie: Parents need to earn respect because everyone else does. It doesn't matter who you are you can't just expect to be respected

"if your parents are not beating you, not feeding you, not getting you what you need in general...then they do not deserve respect" like i said: "wait, so you're telling me parents only deserve respects if they beat their child, don't give them food or the things they need? cause it's either that or *i misread what you said*.."

Uh.. i'm not little.. so.. ok? Ok, but how do YOU know, that you know more than ME, if you don't know me? for all you know we could know the same. just because someone is "older" doesn't mean they know more. you don't "know" things by age, you know things from experience.

Really? because.. "and how exactly should they "earn it?" looked like it was aimed at the creator of this post, not me. Aside from that, i asked you how everyone is supposed to earn your respect, and you didn't give me an answer, so it seems like you don't know either.

and while you may be older.. it seems i have more patience...

@DylanL: literally what i've been saying..

@DylanL: You just will not or cannot answer my simple question Dylan...how should they earn your respect???

@Fernie: the same way anyone else earns respect

@Fernie: ^^ what he just said, is practically what i said, whether it's a good or a bad answer, it's still an answer.

@Fernie: everyone views things, including "respect" differenty, if you think just because you or anyone else gave birth to something makes you automatically deserve respect. so be it. but let me see things my way.

@SterbenReyne: the child /parent relationship is not just any relationship. Kids in their teens always think they are being disrespected when the parent is in control and says NO...teens HATE THAT and accuse their parents of stupid nonsense when they do not get their own way. What a teen sees as disrespect is simply being a good parent many many many times

@Fernie: ok.. but unlike most people, i know when i need to be told "No." when i was younger, hmm.. i don't know up until the age of 10 i'd lose my shit when i heard the word "no" but now that i'm older and actually have a useful thought process, i know right from wrong, i know what i want, what i don't want, what i need and what i don't need. I also know there is a huge, but fine line, Between wanting and needing something. People usually don't just say No" to something out of nowhere, there's usually a reason ,whether it be good or bad.

@Fernie: if you think i'm bad.. you should my sister, she's 18, a total slob, acts like a 12 year old girl who is a princess when she doesn't get her way. I'm the one who actually listens and takes things into account. (whether you believe me on this or not, i don't really care, why i'm saying this i don't know, but you said teen and my brain just wandered.. because 18 is an adult but at the same time it's not, and it's a bit confusing. sorry i got side tracked again..)