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The Good News: To reap the gifts that the Lord has given you, you must show respect towards your parents and honor them always. Woman's Day/Getty Images Proverbs 31:15-17
Obedience to parents for as long as the child lives at home "when it is for his good or the good of the family", [62] except when obedience would require the child to do something morally wrong. Support that requires grown children to offer material and moral support for their aging parents, particularly at times of "illness, loneliness, or ...
The commandment requires one to obey one's parents when the command given by a parent is reasonable and permissible under Jewish law. For example, if a parent asks a child to bring him/her water, he/she must obey. Because honouring God is above all mitzvot, if a parent asks a child to break a law of the Torah, he/she must refuse to obey. [12]
Filial piety is defined by several scholars as the recognition by children of the aid and care their parents have given them, and the respect returned by those children. [59] Psychologist K.S. Yang defined it as a "specific, complex syndrome or set of cognition, affects, intentions, and behaviors concerning being good or nice to one's parents ...
Study of the text was also mentioned in epitaphs as an indication of a person's good character. It was a practice to read aloud the text when mourning one's parents. The text was also important politically, partly because filial piety was both a means of demonstrating moral virtue and entering officialdom for those with family connections to ...
A centuries-old and outdated belief that “children should be seen and not heard” might be better applied to parents who become too involved in managing their kids’ social world.
Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-11825-2. Gairdner, William Douglas (2007). The War Against the Family: A Parent Speaks Out on the Political, Economic, and Social Policies That Threaten Us All. BPS Books. ISBN 978-0-9784402-1-3. Good, Deirdre (2006). Jesus' Family Values.
Quiverfull authors and adherents express their core motivation as a desire to obey God's commandments as stated in the Bible. Among these commandments, "be fruitful and multiply", [22] "behold, children are a gift of the Lord", [23] and passages showing God acting to open and close the womb [24] are interpreted as giving a basis for their views ...