LifeLessons

From the blog post 'Why I Won’t Teach My Kid to Respect Authority' by Kathleen Quiring:

I want my daughter to respect people. I want her to honour and cherish every person she comes into contact with, whether a newborn infant, a paraplegic old man, a homeless beggar woman, or an imprisoned felon. Every one of these people bears the image of God and therefore deserves respect.
People in authority — parents, teachers, police officers, pastors, etc — don’t deserve any more or less respect than anyone else.
In fact, I’m worried that instilling a strong sense of obedience towards authority can lead to blind, unquestioning acceptance of authority. And I want my child to have a healthy level of skepticism towards rules and the powers that be.

- http://becomingpeculiar.com/why-i-wont-teach-my-kid-to-respect-authority/